If you look at the statistics breakdown: http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/nall.html you will see that the majority of pilot errors are things like fuel exhaustion, _continuing_ flight into adverse weather conditions (as opposed to turning around & land), low level maneuvering 'buzzing'.
When driving, every mistake, a momentary lapse in concentration can result in an accident, thus 100% of total driving time is 'critical' time. When flying, the critical time is about 5% of flight time, during takeoffs and landings. This is when lack of skill can result in a chain of events leading to an accident, and most of these are non-fatal. The majority of fatal accidents are the result of improper decision making, often started before the flight even began, and isn't due to lack of flying skills. On Jan 13, 10:41 am, Scott Melton <[email protected]> wrote: > Living in Colorado I would love to learn how to fly, but still think it is > too dangerous, especially in the mountains.. You almost had me with flying is > safer than driving, but then I realized most auto accidents are also caused > by user error... > > sigh... > > --- On Wed, 1/13/10, Lenny P <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Lenny P <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Joe's R/C Copter > To: "The Java Posse" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 8:14 AM > > I fly in the most expensive place near Manhattan, > it's $275/hr + instructor, for flight time only, > not for 'total time' > so it actually is more affordable than people think. > I fly around 1hr every 3 weeks on average, > not too expensive if you ask me. > > And, an airplane is about $125/hr on average, so that's even cheaper. > > Most heli, like airplane accidents are pilot error, so discounting > that it's safer to fly than to drive. > > On Jan 12, 4:12 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Would totally fly a heli if I could, last time though I had to pay > > $300 just to be a passenger. So I practice on smaller models and hope > > to someday build a FPV one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUupKOC1bTo > > > ...which is 100% risk free flying. lol > > > /Casper > > > On Jan 12, 10:03 pm, Scott Melton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And the risk to life and limb? > > > > --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Kevin Wright <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Joe's R/C Copter > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 1:44 PM > > > > Besides the cost? > > > > 2010/1/12 Lenny P <[email protected]> > > > > Why not fly a real helicopter? It's a lot of fun and a rewarding > > > > accomplishment. > > > > On Jan 6, 3:53 am, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have something similar to what Tor described, erm sorry, I bought > > > > one for my son last Christmas!! After playing with his indoor toy for > > > > some time I ended up getting a T-Rex 450 of my own (I already fly R/C > > > > fixed wing). Good fun! Go Tor... > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > Kevin Wright > > > > mail/google talk: [email protected] > > > wave: [email protected] > > > > skype: kev.lee.wright > > > twitter: @thecoda > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
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