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Are you nuts? She's gorgeous!

The perfect airplane? Here goes:

1. Supersonic

2. Lands at 60 knots or less

3. + / - 10 G airframe, fully aerobatic

4. Holds at least 10 people

Bill,

What you read above was not an 'accident report,' it was a press release about the accident report. I'm a naval aviation safety school grad and investigated many accidents and wrote...

Bill,

Yes, their engines were turning when their radios were on.

Yes, my fuel numbers are accurate.

Yes, AB gets used during takeoff and during the show - ESPECIALLY by the solos.

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Fine Sir,

I have no idea what your background is, so please pardon the tone of anything you're about to hear. . .

First things first: Fighter aircraft are THIRSTY creatures - especially...

Hard data from the LiveATC.net audio clips for the COS (Colorado Springs / Petersen AFB) sector. You can't hear the voices of T-Birds since they are transmitting on UHF, but the controllers are...

My 65' Cessna 310K has a two-position NAV LTS switch: 'Steady' and 'Flash.' Sounds like a car blinker clicking away in the 'Flash' position. Can't hear it when the engines are running, obviously. ...

That's all handy and correct info I'm sure, but totally unenforceable. I can guarantee you that at least a third of the PAX on every airline flight go from point A to B with their phones in the...

Fair question here: Sean D. Tucker (Chairman) and Harrison Ford both flew YE's during AV (saw it with my own eyes). Have THEY completed the YPP BC and training process? While I could surmise that...

One day, a bunch of years ago, a group of local town politicians got together for a meeting to discuss various ways they could protect their town and keep it clean. One of them got the bright idea...

Here's one: I am POSITIVE that I and hundreds of others won't be flying YE's anymore due to this abomination of a program!

Excellent post, Chris. . .

I find it both alarming and strange how easily some people will usurp their rights and freedom in the name of 'safety' and 'the children' - especially when this...

Unfortunately, I don't think it's a stretch to say it'll be in the thousands, Chris. Heck, at my little airfield in Texas alone there are about 20 pilots who won't be participating in YE events...

None of this matters to me and thousands of others who formerly flew YE's, as we are done with the program in its entirety. No matter how you slice it, the program itself remains unnecessary,...

On topic, I like St. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's quote best: "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

So Eric, using the logic that some sort of 'policy' is required to uphold the appearance - because that's all it is - appearance - that a YPP is necessary, what is EAA's Lightning Policy (LP)? Since...

I'll say it again: there is simply no way to polish this turd of a program. Its complete elimination, as in "forget we ever brought it up," is the only acceptable solution. . .

Based on the numbers you posted, Bret, the EAA has at the moment lost 53% of its volunteer pilot population over this abomination of a program. Ouch. . .

Could have impacted youth. But didnt. . .

So now EAA is trying to stand up an ineffectual policy to combat this so-called threat? Because of two public relations 'close calls' during the...

Thoughts?

That no program whatsoever is needed - that's my thought. Lemme see - the YE program has been around for about 24 or 25 years now without a 'policy,' and without a single incident of...

F'in eh!

So Mark, given that you seem to be uninterested in telling the membership what your involvement is with this new program, and the fact that you clap and bark like a Seal every time someone indicates...

Ya' know what's also 'legal?' A pilot getting in an airplane with 'X' number of kid(s) in order to demonstrate to them the joy and wonder of flight. EAA / YE program not required. That is simply...

Scrapping the unneeded, unnecessary, undesirable, intrusive, insulting, impractical, unwanted, deleterious, damaging, and just plain BAD program is the only viable solution. There is no 'working out...

I know your post wasn't to me, Jim, but I thank you for it, as you're also making a point I've been trying to make. As I mentioned before, EAA can't have it both ways. They want our data, but we...