REFLECTOR: Chicken little

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Thu May 12 12:45:26 CDT 2005


We all know that pilots know more than that.  I wouldn't be surprised if
it was done on purpose to further the terrorist hype.

John

Ron Brown wrote:

> But on the other hand, who would think about flying near DC without a
> GPS????????? Could it be an CFI who thinks the only way to navigate is
> dead reckoning and VORs?????  I still hear students getting lost on
> cross countries (with CFI's forbidding the availability of a back up
> GPS).  Here's proof that even CFI's can get lost - we would be better
> off (and cost less to the tax payers) to give ALL pilots a back up
> GPS!!! Ronnie
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Al Gietzen
>      To: reflector
>      Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:29 AM
>      Subject: REFLECTOR: Chicken little
>
>      THE SKY IS FALLING!  The sky is falling!  Evacuate the
>      congress; evacuate the Whitehouse; evacuate the Supreme
>      court.  Send the Blackhawk, Scramble the fighter jets; be
>      ready to shoot it down.
>
>      Er.. no; it’s a Cessna 150.  It can barely carry
>      2-passengers and suitcase.
>
>      The officials say, “This demonstrates that we have made
>      great strides in protecting ourselves from the dangerous
>      skies.  But we have a lot more work to do”.
>
>      What is wrong with this picture?  Makes me wonder if I want
>      to ever fly my plane.
>
>      Al (Maybe I was in a bad mood BEFORE I read that news
>      report)
>
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