ORIGINAL: EASYTIGER
You can't tell me that a 10 pound plane does not present less of a hazard than a 30 pound one.
And you cannot tell me that the PERCEPTION of such a plane is not different.
And, again, perception is reality. Take your MW44 with L-39, a 48 inch plane, to your local field, and fire it up
If you take what you've said right there and apply it to those with less accurate eyesight that have been wanting to get into turbines but looking for lower prices and wanting to avoid the waiver process, or those with less flight skills, etc. You're asking for disaster.
The bigger airplanes fly better, are easier to see, can carry more fuel for longer flight times and better chances at going around.
I have seen that little A-7 fly that they built down here in texas for an MW-44. I have seen other airplanes fly on small engines. I have yet to find one person (Just one!!) that will say that any of those small airplanes fly BETTER than a Eurofighter or a Kingcat, or any other of the very large airplanes. Even the Big Yellow F-18 flys better than the small
18.
So now the suggestion is to take harder to fly turbine jets with more skill required to fly them, make it easier for people to get the ticket to fly them, give them less fuel and more concern for getting them on the ground, and now you want to take that and put it in more fields?
To me, this is completely ass backwards from what should be promoted, and considering that I often agree with some of what you write, this I have to say I'm completely confused as to why this would be suggested.