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At 10:17 PM 7/18/02 -0700, Percy Wood wrote: >I'm standing by what I said, Greg. Not to invalidate your points, but I >feel that >there is just too much variability between persons to use a simple number as >a criterion. Okay, what would you use? Isn't that the point? That people vary? That some people between (an admittedly low lower limit, but it is there) 60 and 100 are good to go, and others ought to be grounded and don't know it? > Remember, I flew from Roswell to Terrell for the 2001 Ercoupe >Owners Club annual meeting with Opal Walker. Opal had truned 90 the >previous April. And this year, Opal flew all the way to Michigan! Think >about it. Yes, and think about the fact that we're all so impressed with Opal. Doesn't that mean something? Like maybe that someone who is 91 and still hale and hearty enough to be banging around in an Ercoupe is something special? He's doing something that many...I'll say most...people at 91 can't. Fly. And fly well. He's doing so at a time when MOST men aren't breathing, much less flying. And good for him. >But with a car and the older set, it is really hard. There is just no >other way to get >around in this great country of ours. I disagree. It's not just the issue of mobility. For my grandfather, it was the special place his car had to him, as a life-line 'car guy.' It's symbolic of all sorts of things. Independence, prestige, etc. Well, let's face it. My Ercoupe is a symbol, too. Probably more so than my car. I might sooner give up the car. The guys I know who've flown past their ability to do so have had exactly the same view of their airplanes as my grand-dad did of his car. Greg ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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