Grasshopper? How juvenile. Two accidents in four years at an airport that is within half a mile of skyscrapers is two too many. As a longtime Chicago resident, I'm very familiar with Meigs' reputation. Several local pilots I knew would have nothing to do with it. Paul > > > Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Not entirely true, Grasshopper. A search of the NTSB General Aviation > > accident statistics for the four years 1998 - 2001 (the latest I was > > able to find) indicated only two aviation accidents in the Chicago area. > > One was clearly pilot error - the pilot was attempting to take off > > using less than full power; the other was of an indeterminate cause but > > runway length was more than adequate for the aircraft involved, a Beech > > King Air 200. > > > > As for the winds, you simply had to be competent at crosswind take-offs > > and landings and know the limitations of your piloting skills and the > > aircraft you're flying. *Most* aviation accidents are attributable to > > pilot error; errors in judgment and attempting to continue flight beyond > > the limits of your skills as an aviator. If that happens to occur > > during the take-off or landing phase of your flight, you can't really > > blame the airport. > > > > -p > > > > Aviation, to an even greater extent than the sea, is terribly > > unforgiving of any incapacity, carelessness, or neglect. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Of course Meigs was super dangerous. I think the accident rate was double > >> the > norm due to short runways and high winds. And it was a security nightmare. > >> Paul > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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