So it comes down to proving the mechanical failure was negligence (or defending g it wasn’t). On an old plane that’s hard to get parts for I think that could be harder to defend. Just my 2 cents though, not even worth what you paid for it.View attachment 292904
Yes, provided it was a careless or reckless action from the pilot. Mechanical failure or something else considered to not fit those definitions, then no.
So it comes down to proving the mechanical failure was negligence (or defending g it wasn’t). On an old plane that’s hard to get parts for I think that could be harder to defend. Just my 2 cents though, not even worth what you paid for it.
(fixy)...except the GenAv people who keep turning up dead.And guess who issued the special airworthiness certificate needed to operate that Mig-23? The FAA. So if they issued a permit, they must have felt it was in good enough condition to be airworthy.
Please, tell me more about how aviation works, including the inspection and certification of experimental aircraft and the necessary documents needed to obtain a Experimental Category special airworthiness certificate…
Edit: as an added note, the average age of a general aviation aircraft is 50 years old. Are you one of those people who feels anything older than 20 years should be scrapped? Do you have any idea what a NEW general aviation aircraft costs? This is why most new aircraft cost more than a house nowadays, because of the extreme amount of regulation that must be complied with to produce them. Very few people are approaching aviation maintenance (and pilot capacity- Ed.) with the cavalier attitude you seem to think we all have…
(fixy)...except the GenAv people who keep turning up dead.
Yep. As a recovering semi pro Skydiver, I loved the statistics. I'd remind my students that it was statistically more dangerous to drive to the airport than to jump out of the plane.Fix drunk driving. Then come complain to me about how dangerous flying is. People THINK flying is WAY more dangerous than it is because they buy in to the media hype. In reality, GenAv accident rates are TINY compared to motor vehicle accidents, fatal or otherwise. Clean up drunk driving/DUIs, faulty mechanicals on cars etc., and maybe then I’ll be willing to talk. Until then? Nope.
It's dangerous because of all the falling skydivers.Yep. As a recovering semi pro Skydiver, I loved the statistics. I'd remind my students that it was statistically more dangerous to drive to the airport than to jump out of the plane.
Nope to what? You seem to have formed some knee-jerk impression of what I'm proposing. I simply pointed out some of the weekenders' reach seems to exceed their grasp, and they should exercise some personal responsibility.Fix drunk driving. Then come complain to me about how dangerous flying is. People THINK flying is WAY more dangerous than it is because they buy in to the media hype. In reality, GenAv accident rates are TINY compared to motor vehicle accidents, fatal or otherwise. Clean up drunk driving/DUIs, faulty mechanicals on cars etc., and maybe then I’ll be willing to talk. Until then? Nope.
Fixy squared(fixy)...except theGenAv[Piper Malibu] people who keep turning up dead.[a couple miles from where the wings come down]
Nope to what? You seem to have formed some knee-jerk impression of what I'm proposing. I simply pointed out some of the weekenders' reach seems to exceed their grasp, and they should exercise some personal responsibility.
If the drunk drivers want to do it...I'm all for that, also.