----- Original message ----- From: "Trent W. Buck via luv-talk" <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> To: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> Cc: luv-talk@luv.asn.au Subject: Re: [luv-talk] How many Lumens can blind you? Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:04:35 +1000
Rick Moen via luv-talk wrote:
Quoting russell@coker.com.au (russell@coker.com.au):
I don't think the CIA had the idea of using a heavy passenger jet as a missile.
My father […] kept advising his employer and the FAA in the 1960s that they could put a screeching halt to airline hijackings by simply reinforcing the door to the flight deck. They never did– until the 2000s.
Are (light) aircraft often left in unlocked hangars "with fuel in the tank and keys in the ignition"?
ISTR Bruce Schneier saying something along those lines, way back when.
My impression was that they (aircraft owners & airport operators) basically relied on there being very few many people who can fly AND want to fence a stolen vehicle for a bag of smack.
A couple of points for the discusion....... The keys to a light aircraft (including aircraft such as the Beechcraft Baron) are NOT the security system they are in modern cars all the key switch does is act as a sort of master power switch. The ignition for the engine/engines being controled be separate switchs on the panel, either 2 toggle switchs marked "A" and "B" or a rotary switch marked "Off, A, B, both". So the key switch cannot usually disable the engine/engines. Also given the fact that in ALL aircraft there is a comprehensive relatively easy to access circuit breaker panel covering all systems in the aircraft, it would not be to difficult to "hot wire" any system required for a flight. General aviation aircraft are usually left with full tanks, the reason for this is if the tanks are left empty, it is possible for the moisture in the air in an empty tank to condense into a liquid and cause a possible engine failure in the next flight. While it is required in the initial aircraft inpsection to drain a portion of the fuel from every tank in the aircraft to check for water, experience shows this test is NOT 100% reliable. Lindsay