Two weeks ago, AVweb was preparing for Sun 'n Fun and the 9/11 Commission was
just beginning to hear the testimony of Condoleezza Rice — and we asked readers
how they feel about "terror in the skies." The overwhelming majority of
you (almost 500 people, 63% of poll respondents) put your foot down and said
that we're needlessly demonizing airplanes by painting them as potential weapons
of terror. But a respectable 15% of those polled said there are legitimate
fears regarding air terror. Of those who thought there was a clear and
immediate danger in the skies, most agreed that commercial jets (like those used
in the WTC attack) pose the greatest threat. Only a handful of readers
(less than 1%) are kept awake at night by the possibility of an ultralight
invasion ... .
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