Meeting and Petition for Pesky Helicopters

[JWFITZ]

hmm, I see where you're going, but I expect it's not borne out by the evidence. Or, at least, obviously, helicopters should never leave the airport, as that's all the safest. After all, if they don't get more than 15 feet of the ground, nobody is going to get hurt.

Everything has a terminal velocity, and helicopters with a rotating wing get there pretty fast with a a knowledgable pilot.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/genera...cise18.htm

So here's a sensible source that calls b-baloney on that, most all I have read.

No clearly, I'm no pilot, but, I'm a very experienced sailor who some people think expert, having written several books on topic and focus on non-auxiliary(read "real" sailboats. Sure, I understand you can misread conditions and get into trouble while gliding. This is what sailboats do. But, you're a nut case and a bad pilot or sailor if you get yourself in conditions where you can't dig yourself out of. We sailors(real ones) call that a "lee shore." Pilots call that the "ground." Really, all in all, it's the same game and the key to all of it is space, and keeping clear of trouble.

http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Steading-Life-Freedom-Viable-Frontier/dp/0595387586/sr=8-1/qid=1171140483/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2067472-3951936?ie=UTF8&s=books

Don't buy the book, I'll give you a copy--I just post this to say I'm not talking out of my "oink".