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...what's obvious isn't always true. The plane in which John Denver died last week was indeed an experimental aircraft, a model called the Long-EZ. But it would be naive to assume that the airplane was at fault. Not only is the Long-EZ considered solid, safe and relatively easy to fly, but it also requires a pilot's license and medical certificate to operate--and Denver didn't have the latter. His certificate had been yanked by the Federal Aviation Administration after Denver was arrested twice for driving his car while intoxicated...
...cuts insurance and labor costs sharply. As a result, these flying machines cost from a few thousand dollars to $30,000, in contrast to $100,000 or more for a conventional aircraft. "Before these planes came along," says police sergeant Bruce Talbot, who built and operates his Long-EZ in Bolingbrook, Ill., "flying meant you had to be a rich...
Planes like the Long-EZ are also built at home, but that's where the resemblance ends. They're created by experts. The Long-EZ was made by legendary designer Burt Rutan, whose Voyager in 1986 became the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. Before any experimental aircraft can take off, an FAA inspector goes over it in excruciating detail to make sure it's airworthy. Flying a Long-EZ isn't as safe as sitting on the couch watching Seinfeld--71 accidents and 28 deaths have been reported since 1983. But that's safer...
...Although a routine toxicology report will be performed by police, the investigation will likely center on Denver's broken exchange with the air traffic tower and on the plane engine ? which has been recovered, and may corroborate witness speculation that the ultra-light Long EZ had mechanical trouble before its descent...
...Files, the X Games, the fX network, and Gen X. But X, alas, is ex, its reign exhausted. The era of E (or e) has begun. The e Cafe joins the top-rated television series ER, the popular magazine Entertainment Weekly (widely called EW), cbs's highly praised series EZ Streets, the irreverent E! Entertainment Television, the resurgent E. coli bacteria and the favored form of communication of the cognoscenti, E-mail, plus its multifarious electronic spin-offs, e-cash, e-commerce, et al. Can the e.e. cummings revival...