JohnMitchell 14 #151 June 11, 2012 Quote Yes. Quite often there is a lot of traffic at uncontrolled airports and there is a LOT of both "head on a swivel" action Unfortunately not as much as needed. There are around 2 dozen+ midair collisions in this country every year, many of them around these uncontrolled airports. Quote Even at controlled airports you'll often hear controllers say "you're following the Beech turning base now, report when you have him in sight" - and then they expect _you_ to keep him in sight and avoid him. That's pretty much their job at towered (controlled) airports. That and to coordinate with radar facilities on the release of IFR aircraft. Quote But a C152 pilot could buy a Bonanza and go kill himself with it. (Which is why they're called doctor killers.) Umm, he'd have to be signed off to fly complex aircraft at a minimum, right? Hey, more expensive than the Bonanza is the Piper Malibu. That's why they're called "Plastic Surgeon Killers." Quote That's not to say that's a good idea, of course. But we're dealing with many of the same problems that general aviation faces, and even general aviation, with over a century of experience, doesn't always get it right. Agreed. And it's many of the same attitudes that kill pilots that kill jumpers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,611 #152 June 11, 2012 Quote Quote Yes. Quite often there is a lot of traffic at uncontrolled airports and there is a LOT of both "head on a swivel" action Unfortunately not as much as needed. There are around 2 dozen+ midair collisions in this country every year, many of them around these uncontrolled airports. Quote Even at controlled airports you'll often hear controllers say "you're following the Beech turning base now, report when you have him in sight" - and then they expect _you_ to keep him in sight and avoid him. That's pretty much their job at towered (controlled) airports. That and to coordinate with radar facilities on the release of IFR aircraft. Quote But a C152 pilot could buy a Bonanza and go kill himself with it. (Which is why they're called doctor killers.) Umm, he'd have to be signed off to fly complex aircraft at a minimum, right? Hey, more expensive than the Bonanza is the Piper Malibu. That's why they're called "Plastic Surgeon Killers." Need "high performance" and complex endorsements for a Bo.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #153 June 11, 2012 Thanks, Kallend. I forgot "high performance."Hey, where were you when that "can jumpers create lift" thread was going last week? There were a lot of physics misconceptions floating around (as always). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites