-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 May 2006 16:30, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > All airports in the US are government owned. > > I suppose that's true if you're willing to say that the vast > majority of US airports don't exist. Many television stations, > hospitals, police departments, etc. have airports that aren't > government owned. So do many ranchers and aviation clubs.
The helipad on top of a hospital qualifies as an "airport"? A dirt strip on a ranch qualifies as an "airport"? And do tell, how is a _police_ owned and operated helipad _not_ government owned? What is the source of your "vast majority" claim? I would like to see it. In return, I will qualify my statement as "commercial airports", but the fact remains that every paved airstrip I have ever seen in decades as a general aviation enthusiast, many taken as a chunk right out of what was your "rancher" example's land, have been owned by governments. Ya see, the liability insurance is deadly otherwise. Curt- - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRFarHy9Y35yItIgBAQKfaQf/WFx7MA6C+yiaO/NCqmLdaKPiSQ7AiBmB Y7oaxYLQka8ULpBM0Rx4jw46FLiUehQ9lSu1t++P7dV8cYUlQ3IwfDVPLJ+S7zhZ X7Z8xilFz+jkuKmDWDupdcjLPlvOanhnt4WBveGjG91ynO6MIF48QVB25eayAtwQ yhkxkJqxG5byZ9H6sRbNujloz0JJbzUCsmiJ76QXjTHzFMInh5+XscELgwECPk2V LsYOe26Z4tnBPPm9i1krfRVuIio4vGay55PMiAPjTND8b9HQ1fqPjQmClUeHCRjz pOizw3px0Zrpca3EdCNderlmzHdVDBdj+YUaO4qLg0IA+5FbiFTFhA== =fvRh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
