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From: fbaube@NOTE.NSF.GOV (Fred Baube)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: PUL's (Personal Ultra-Lights)
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Date: 18 Dec 87 14:31:59 GMT
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If ultralights (or whatever) were ever to catch on like cars,
we'd all be in trouble.  Europeans marvel at what lousy drivers
Americans are; why should we fly any better ?  And American
highways can't support Autobahn / Autostrada speeds, given how
the average American maintains his/her car .. common sense says
PUL's would get better maintenance than cars do now, but since
when did common sense count for anything in this country ?

This doesn't mean I'm not all for the idea, though.