Obviously you've never dealt with Chicago's city government... graywolf wrote: > Besides that, the proper way to close down an airport is to provide notice > that > it is to be closed by a particular date. Not having ditches dug across the > runway in the middle of the night... > > > Paul Sorenson wrote: > >> Not entirely true, Grasshopper. A search of the NTSB General Aviation >> accident statistics for the four years 1998 - 2001 (the latest I was >> able to find) indicated only two aviation accidents in the Chicago area. >> One was clearly pilot error - the pilot was attempting to take off >> using less than full power; the other was of an indeterminate cause but >> runway length was more than adequate for the aircraft involved, a Beech >> King Air 200. >> >> As for the winds, you simply had to be competent at crosswind take-offs >> and landings and know the limitations of your piloting skills and the >> aircraft you're flying. *Most* aviation accidents are attributable to >> pilot error; errors in judgment and attempting to continue flight beyond >> the limits of your skills as an aviator. If that happens to occur >> during the take-off or landing phase of your flight, you can't really >> blame the airport. >> >> -p >> >> Aviation, to an even greater extent than the sea, is terribly >> unforgiving of any incapacity, carelessness, or neglect. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Of course Meigs was super dangerous. I think the accident rate was double >>> the norm due to short runways and high winds. And it was a security >>> nightmare. >>> Paul >>> >> > >
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