Analysts: Small planes may thwart big security net (Stupid alert)

CNN dot com ^ | Monday, January 6, 2003 | Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Much has been done to improve security at America's commercial airports, but gaps remain in the nation's aviation system.

Tens of thousands of small private planes are vulnerable to the kind of incident that occurred Sunday in Germany, where a man stole a motorized glider and threatened to crash it into Frankfurt's financial center before landing without incident.

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I'm sorry, Mr Government, but rented Ryder/UHaul trucks are FAR more dangerous than light private aircraft. Private aircrafts' payloads are measured in hundreds or thousands of pounds (LOW thousands of pounds). Rented trucks payloads are measured in tons. I shudder to think of what the payload of an 18-wheeler could be. I found a reference to a legal limit of 88,000 pounds in Alaska, but that was it...

And YOU, Mr Government, want to allow unchecked Mexican trucks onto USA highways.

It seems members of our Congress should re-read Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution (pertaining to the Legislature)

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

[Mulder]

The enemies of the Constitution would absolutely love to ban small, private planes.

They seek nothing less that the total nationalization of ALL transportation in the US.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

No doubt, I would be a lot more worried about trucks loaded with explosives.