Relative safety of recreational flying

[Bigglesworth]

Found this on the net....

 

 

'ultralight' has 36,900

 

I wasn't game to try car.................

 

 

[turboplanner]

Bit sloppy with the numbers there Biggles...

 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reported 30 Ultralight accidents with 6 fatalities for 2005.

 

It would take a long time to get to 36900 unless the Chinese have taken up recreational aviation!

 

 

[Bigglesworth]

No the object isn't to find out the real figures, just how often google finds a report of the scenario.

 

I typed "died in an ultralight accident" into google and got 36,900 answers.

 

For a comparison, type in 'died in a mule cart accident' or something like that.

 

I was thinking of putting it in the funnies section, but its half serious.

 

Well, not really.

 

In fact it should be in the funnies section.

 

Died in a forum incident=4,420,000

 

Sh*t better go

 

 

[MrH]

Died in a forum incident=4,420,000

 

Sh*t better go

 

 

 

[BigPete]

Too late - :yuk:

 

regards

 

:big_grin::big_grin:

 

 

[planedriver]

Nearly died just laughing:laugh:

 

 

[Tomo]

Died in a forum incident=4,420,000

The forums must have been that addictive (a bit like this one:thumb_up:) that your in front of your computer monitor for so long that you've filled your head up with radiation:radioactive: that they go brain dead and die....:confused:

 

Or because your so engrossed in what your doing you don't realize that your in world war three and get shot down... err over...

 

 

[turboplanner]

So will there be bravery awards?

 

 

[BLA82]

The forums must have been that addictive (a bit like this one:thumb_up:) that your in front of your computer monitor for so long that you've filled your head up with radiation:radioactive: that they go brain dead and die....:confused:...

Gees Tomo when you put it like that forum's will end up like smoking, we will be only aloud to look at them 4 metres away from an entry in a well ventelated area or in designated forum areas with 12 foot thick lead walls. And then when you log on you will see a nasty picture of a brain tumor with the words Forum Kills on it

 

And then some goverment body will start an add campain showing a little girl asking her dad to play with her but he can't cause he is to unfit.

 

If I only new I would have lived this long I would have taken better care of myself:laugh:

 

Gotta go, it's time for my designated smoke break lol

 

 

[Admin]

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[turboplanner]

And to think it all started around 1989!

 

 

[BLA82]

Ian,

 

I didn't know you that you new me that well, anways I gtta go BBL and I am still lmao at that joke,

 

cya ltr:laugh: