Posted for "D&B Wills" <dwills@glbelt.com>:

 My answer
 
 
 
 1. What would the newspaper say the next day?
 
        (He lost control of the airplane)
 
 
 
 2. What would the FAA inspector say standing on the ramp watching this?
 
        (Is his N number size too small for his speed?)
 
 
 
 3. What would my insurance broker say?
 
        (Who's got insurance?)
 
 
 
 4. What would my wife say?
 
         (I thought you knew how to fly)
 
 
 
 5. What would my boss say?
 
          (He's the boss because he knows how to do things that others
 can't)
 
 
 
 6. Am I setting a good example to the youngsters on the field?
 
           (Don't take any kids to the air show to watch a ribbon get cut
 from an aircraft flying 10ft AGL inverted)
 

 
 7. How would the accident report read?
 
            (Pilot error, contributing factors was unable to maintain
 directional control)
 
 
 
 Bottom line in my opinion if a person can not control their aircraft at 100'
 AGL @ 200 Knots then maybe they should take up flying slower aircraft or
 even boating. Most of the low level accidents are caused by idiots that
 decide to make a pass in an unfamiliar area that has wires or towers such as
 a lake, river, canyon, ETC. or they yank the controls and high-speed stall
 or mush into a tree, 19 accidents in 5 years sounds about right, we just
 last year had powered chute hit wires over a lake.
 
 Most accidents above airports are stall accidents from going to slow. A
 prudent pilot is one who keeps his skill level up and knows his limitations
 as well as his aircraft and doesn't exceed them. A friend of mine used to be
 a crop-duster pilot until a semi truck hit and killed him while driving his
 car, used to talk about the green chlorophyll on the tips of his props.
 
 If it is really that dangerous, then should they ban air shows, fly-ins and
 class G airspace?
 
 NO: there are a lot of good pilots out there who know how to fly a runway
 heading and avoid obstacles.
 
 
 
 
 
 Dale
 
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