I had a lesson once. It was an amazing feeling. I can understand the godlike draw of flying a small plane. It was better than skydiving. Hell, I'd risk a bunch of other people to continue the experience. So I understand the irrational viewpoint.
GA aircraft are largest remaining source of lead emissions.
- (Another Scott)
- (54)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 08:35:31 AM EDT
Now you will really piss off Mike! :)
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 08:45:10 AM EDT
Bullshit.
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 09:40:59 AM EDT
Retrofitting or not
- (malraux)
- (50)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 10:40:38 AM EDT
Guppy.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 10:45:14 AM EDT
Yup. This is a solvable problem. Lead is bad news.
- (Another Scott)
- (48)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 10:45:35 AM EDT
You guys are mighty damned liberal with MY freedom to fly.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (47)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 10:46:56 AM EDT
Regulating the use of public spaces is a problem? ;-p
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 11:30:58 AM EDT
You don't know the fleet.
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 12:23:56 PM EDT
Is this guy full of beans?
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 01:10:19 PM EDT
No, he's not. He's referring to Ethanol Free auto gas.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:00:31 PM EDT
Good points. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:17:11 PM EDT
You can fly. It's not the flying that's the problem.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (26)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 11:35:01 AM EDT
This. Fix your goddamned plane then you can fly. It's pretty simple.
-NT
- (malraux)
- (25)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 12:16:56 PM EDT
Give me $250,000 and I'll do it. Don't give me your unfunded mandate.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (24)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 12:24:50 PM EDT
Not my problem. Planes putting lead in the air is.
-NT
- (malraux)
- (11)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 01:03:24 PM EDT
Pilots didn't put the lead in the gas.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (10)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 01:56:23 PM EDT
Who. Cares?
- (malraux)
- (9)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:30:59 PM EDT
How about holding those responsible, responsible for a change? And that ain't us.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (8)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:34:29 PM EDT
Not holding you responsible
- (malraux)
- (7)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 05:33:56 PM EDT
Tell you what.
- (mmoffitt)
- (6)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:17:55 AM EDT
You don't need to fly a hobby plane for the helicopters to fly.
-NT
- (malraux)
- (5)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 09:32:26 AM EDT
They are GA aircraft and a lot of them burn the same fuel.
- (mmoffitt)
- (4)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 11:17:49 AM EDT
YOU don't need to fly a hobby plane.
- (malraux)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:15:28 PM EDT
Stylish clan there! :-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:42:54 PM EDT
:-)
- (malraux)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:46:12 PM EDT
Arrow?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:58:40 PM EDT
Omfg. 167k out of 300+ million
- (crazy)
- (11)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 07:47:19 AM EDT
Your math is as bad as the rest of you. 167K aircraft != 167K people. HTH.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (10)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:11:05 AM EDT
Do you timeshare your craft?
-NT
- (crazy)
- (9)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:16:28 AM EDT
Flight Club. Heard of them? Of course not. You're out of your depth.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:19:00 AM EDT
And I find it interesting the point you picked
- (crazy)
- (7)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:21:19 AM EDT
For a communist he's a pretty entitled SOB at times.
-NT
- (malraux)
- (6)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 09:35:17 AM EDT
I earned it. ;0)
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 11:52:10 AM EDT
Only in theory!
- (a6l6e6x)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 02:24:52 PM EDT
I don't think the amount contributed by the top is limited to communist societies. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 03:49:19 PM EDT
No argument there. But, it's that communism is not a solution.
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:33:32 PM EDT
MMoffitt's Communisim explained . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- Aug. 31, 2016, 12:05:55 PM EDT
:-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 31, 2016, 12:24:09 PM EDT
YTF are you ok with putting lead in the air?
-NT
- (malraux)
- (14)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 12:15:30 PM EDT
Because there isn't a safe alternative yet.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (13)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 12:25:50 PM EDT
Safe for *whom*?
-NT
- (malraux)
- (3)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 01:53:31 PM EDT
The people in the airplane and the people on the ground they might crash into.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 01:55:53 PM EDT
Not a problem if they aren't in the air. HTH.
-NT
- (malraux)
- (1)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:31:20 PM EDT
heh. Thanks for making my point.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:37:37 PM EDT
Yeah, there is.
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 04:10:07 AM EDT
My ancestors didn't listen to you folks. Why should I?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (7)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 08:14:13 AM EDT
Well, that's one way to not answer the question.
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 11:39:39 AM EDT
You won't just be screwing me.
- (mmoffitt)
- (4)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 11:51:21 AM EDT
Scientific American
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:09:04 PM EDT
I'll stop at Anderson whenever I get the chance.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 01:08:03 PM EDT
Looks like you're good to go, but I may be missing something.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 03:01:43 PM EDT
Thanks, I'll look.
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 03:48:09 PM EDT
Pretty much
- (crazy)
- Aug. 30, 2016, 12:06:00 PM EDT
I did remember the Purdue fuel correctly. Don't worry. Be happy.
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 29, 2016, 02:05:37 PM EDT
