[narby]

But no tutoring can make me think that it is wise to allow aircraft to "circle the Statue of Liberty" without rather significant restrictions.

It's not wise to allow people to drive 18 wheeler trucks full of gasoline either, but we do. It's called "normal life". One of those driving into the lobby of that building and you would see serious carnage.

Just because the vehicle involved in this was an airplane lots of uneducated people panic. Get over it. Even in this case the thing hit a condo high rise and the only people killed were the airplane occupants. Same thing when the islamic idiot flew a Cessna into a building in Fla several years ago, killed himself and that's it.

During the Clinton administration another idiot (VRWC member, obviously) flew a Cessna into the grounds of the White House and killed just himself.

But let someone get out of control in a car and run into a crowd and you'll see some death and destruction. Little airplanes literally can't carry enough weight to be very dangerous.

[Arkinsaw]

But let someone get out of control in a car and run into a crowd and you'll see some death and destruction. Little airplanes literally can't carry enough weight to be very dangerous.

I hope you are never proven wrong. Nonetheless, a small aircraft flown at high speed into the Statue of Liberty's face, or into the top of the St. Louis Arch is nothing to sneeze at and the damage would be rather sad. I am not sure how you can just shrug it off and favor not trying to take steps to prevent such an occurrence when we KNOW for absolute sure that we have enemies that will do it in a second if they can.

I am not in favor of large gasoline tankers being allowed inside the Holland Tunnel or allowed to be driven into the Super Bowl parking lot. We probably need to restrict that. Just as we need to restrict aircraft flying around the Statue of Liberty at whim.

Your analogies sound good...but we do in fact prohibit 18 wheelers full of gasoline from a lot of places for security reasons.