Comments on: The problem with being a cautious pilot… http://blog.xcski.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-being-a-cautious-pilot Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: gordon.dewis.ca http://blog.xcski.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-being-a-cautious-pilot#comment-1781 gordon.dewis.ca Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:54:31 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-being-a-cautious-pilot#comment-1781 <strong>Proof that airplanes and idiots don’t mix...</strong> It’s a fairly well-established fact that airplanes and idiots don’t mix, much in the same way that monkeys, dynamite and matches are bad idea (but highly amusing to watch from a safe distance).  Fortunately, there’s a fairly high bar... Proof that airplanes and idiots don’t mix…

It’s a fairly well-established fact that airplanes and idiots don’t mix, much in the same way that monkeys, dynamite and matches are bad idea (but highly amusing to watch from a safe distance).  Fortunately, there’s a fairly high bar…

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.xcski.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-being-a-cautious-pilot#comment-1755 Gordon Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:40:44 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-being-a-cautious-pilot#comment-1755 Some of those windbarbs have three full bars on them. That wouldn't be a lot of fun to try to land with. Better to be on the ground wishing you were flying than flying wishing you were on the ground. Some of those windbarbs have three full bars on them. That wouldn’t be a lot of fun to try to land with.

Better to be on the ground wishing you were flying than flying wishing you were on the ground.

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