Interspersed... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Grasshopper? How juvenile.
Not a Kung Fu fan, huh? Sit back, have another cup of coffee and don't get your feathers ruffled at my feeble attempt at humor. > Two accidents in four years at an airport that is within half a mile of skyscrapers is two too many. Both of these accidents occurred on the ground, not in flight. I doubt they would have been able to taxi to any of these skyscrapers to do any damage. As a longtime Chicago resident, I'm very familiar with Meigs' reputation. As a longtime professional pilot so am I... Several local pilots I knew would have nothing to do with it. Apparently they were intelligent pilots and knew their limitations. Many pilots of single engine aircraft didn't like to fly into Meigs because the traffic pattern and approaches required that you spend a lot of time over Lake Michigan regardless of whether you were using runway 18 or 36. Approaching and departing traffic, whether single or multi-engine, was *never* routed over the city. -p > 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow >> the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
