Besides that, the proper way to close down an airport is to provide notice that it is to be closed by a particular date. Not having ditches dug across the runway in the middle of the night...
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.
