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To: Viennacon
Ntoriuosly, senators and planes never seem to end well. Stevens, Obenshain, etc.

Heinz (helo), Wellstone also come to mind.

What strikes me is that driving for 45 years I can only recall engine failure three times, but the number of hours on the road way excedes what I would experience casually in the air. Plus, not nearly the attention to maintenance. Two of the times were due to rubber belt failures which in a plane would have been proactively replaced. The third time, was due to an electrical fuse problem but the manufacturer (Chevrolet) already had a bulletin out.

Piston planes are dangerous.

29 posted on 11/11/2013 12:47:07 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: cicero2k
Piston planes are dangerous.

Some are much more dangerous than others. And the MU2 is a turboprop, not a piston. The MU2 has a bad reputation and the plane was recently purchased, so the Dr probably didn't have much time in it.

52 posted on 11/11/2013 1:52:56 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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