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Re: Plane Crashed into NYC Building Killing Yankee Pitcher Cory Lidle
From what I've heard, the plane he was flying was faster than most light planes, so it had a wider turning radius. The turn over the East River is sort of like the turn bush pilots make to get out of a box canyon (not the sort of thing that's standard for private pilots to train for), and if you aren't careful about your turning radius you can leave a scar on the cliff face (or apartment building for an urban "box canyon"). Light aircraft aren't nearly the threat that the media make them out to be. Some years back (pre-9/11), somebody crashed a Cessna into the White House. He was killed, the plane was trashed, and the Executive Mansion wound up with a few chipped stones. Bad guys could easily load a ton of explosives into an ordinary minivan (would handle like a pig, but it would get to where they were going), but if they tried that with a Cessna 172 they'd blow a hole in the airport fence - it would never get off the ground. |
