REFLECTOR: Velocity crash

[Douglas Holub]

I would support restricting Phase I flying to safer airports. I think the 
F.A.A. could do it without writing any new regulations, since it's the DARs 
that prescribe a safe test area for each new airplane.

Any common sense guideline that can reduce fatalities from homebuilt 
aircraft is good for us. If we get sloppy and our aircraft become 
statistically more dangerous to the general population than manufactured 
aircraft, legislators will have ample reason to restrict homebuilt aircraft. 
If homebuilt aircraft are statistically no more dangerous to the general 
population than manufactured aircraft, we have a strong case for keeping all 
of our flight privileges.

Doug Holub
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Derrick" <scott at tnstaafl.net>
To: <reflector at velocityxl.com>; "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" 
<reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:06 AM
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



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