I launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in 1987
(how’s that for an opening line?). What’s that got to
do with anything? Our launch was delayed briefly by an unauthorized
lightplane entry into the Controlled Firing Area (CFA) associated
with the airspace near Vandenberg.
If you decide you want to write to your Senator or Congressperson
but you’re not even sure who they are or how to properly
address them, these two sites will help.
Bouncing Betty
A military explosive device with two "tits" that bounces
upwards. The first explosive goes upwards, killing the person who
set it off, and a second goes outwards around chest-level
(tit-level) to maximize damage to others. Betty’s not a
very nice girl, is she?
“Although the accident rate is down this year,
there is still work to be done... During the 15 years
that the Foundation has published the annual Nall Report, pilot
error continues to top the list of accident causes. This year,
based on an increase in weather-related accidents, we focused on
weather accidents and pilot decision making when in hazardous
weather conditions.”
Source: Bruce Landsberg, executive director of
the Air Safety Foundation, folowing the release of the 2005 Nall
Report.
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