REFLECTOR: Velocity crash

[Alex Balic]

I will agree that for the safety of both the pilot of a newly completed
aircraft and the folks on the ground it would be best to fly off the hours
at a rural airport- I know that the few stories of folks that had to land
prematurely during their fly off were fortunate to have a big field to set
down in- flying over subdivisions doesn't leave any options but to crash-
and the resulting damage isn't good for anyone. Of course, a rural airport
in Washington state or Colorado doesn't leave many options either- those
builders might consider moving to an open area for testing.......

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:06 AM
To: reflector at velocityxl.com; Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity crash

with the number of experimental' s on the rise I think it is inevitable
that the FAA will restrict stage 1 flying to more rural airports, or I
should say not from inner city airports that don't have large open areas
 around them.  I have flown into N. Las Vegas many many times. Its
completely surrounded    by houses, malls etc..  It would be a tough
place to make an emergency landing. So few options.

Scott