REFLECTOR:Accidents, statistics and random thoughts

[Brian Michalk]

Sounds like a great idea.  I'm trying to get the SQL server back online for
the gallery.

 Brian Michalk  <http://www.michalk.com>
Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
Aviator, experimental aircraft builder, motorcyclist, SCUBA diver
musician, home-brewer, entrepreneur and mostly single


> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Ronnie Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:41 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Accidents, statistics and random thoughts
>
>
> I think that is a GREAT idea - an anonymous list in tvbf.org where folks
> could post their errors/oversights and lessons learned!!!  I've
> got a couple
> I would like to share!
>
> Ronnie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Babb" <tonybabb@alejandra.net>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Accidents, statistics and random thoughts
>
>
> | Given that Velocity Aircraft is a US based company they are,
> unfortunately,
> | subject to US law and (sorry Chris) US lawyers so liability is
> clearly an
> | issue they and ourselves need to be sensitive to. It doesn't help any of
> us
> | if they get hit with some major judgment against them just because they
> | happened to be the deepest pockets around and go belly up as a result.
> |
> | I don't know about everyone else but I subscribe to numerous flying mags
> and
> | assiduously read the incident reports, often shaking my head
> and thinking
> | "what was (s)he thinking of" and occasionally thinking I could
> have easily
> | done that. It's through these that I learn from other people's
> experiences.
> | The "stupid builder tricks" in VV is always helpful - although the
> | commentary could be toned down a little - and a factual recitation or
> | defense by the builder might also be illuminating. I don't believe that
> | anyone installs anything badly deliberately and it would be helpful to
> learn
> | about the chain of events or piece of missing information that led up to
> the
> | situation discovered during the Condition Inspection. Like
> many, or most,
> of
> | you I'm trying to build a safe reliable airplane, I've never done it
> before
> | and I'll probably never do it again. I take as much care as I can but
> | there's always going to be something that I was completely
> unaware of that
> | may trip me up hence the "second pair of eyes" approach.
> |
> | Those of you in the US may subscribe to the FAA ASRS program, pilots can
> | report their own "stupid tricks" and because they shared their
> experiences
> | voluntarily are spared any FAA enforcement action that may
> ensue - unless
> | they did something illegal or knowingly. Would it be possible for us to
> use
> | an anonymous posting service so that builders can share their "stupid
> | tricks" or lessons learned with the rest of us. I'm thinking maybe
> tvbf.org
> | might be a suitable repository.
> |
> | Tony
> | SEFG
> | Nose Gear install
> |
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