[ARC5] 'Hot Dogging' in Warbirds Again

[wf2u at starband.net]

I agree with you 100%.
These aircraft of course can be flown, and it's great that they still fly.
But there is a difference between flying and stressing them to the
breaking point (including that of the pilot...), considering they're
irreplaceable relics.
It's like putting 1000 V on a Command Set transmitter to see what the
output is going to be. Obviously, smoke! Except, most likely, no loss of
life...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


> Oshkosh 2007 Crash.
> Why I am dead-set against risky business with warbirds:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvUc42SD4s
>
> Let's get the emotional stuff out of the way for a moment, OK?
> I'm sorry the man died.  I'm sorry his family has to suffer.
> But the fact is, people are born and they die, one way or the other. He
> took something from the rest of us on his way out.
> None of us really "owns" anything.
> We die and leave it for the future intact,
> or we tear it up to serve ourselves.
> Had that pilot been run over by a bus,
> we'd still be sorry for him and his family.
> But that irreplaceable B-Model P-51 would still be here.
> Doing stunts like dual-landings and the low-level loop that drilled the
> P-48 in the ground last year, to please the crowd or show
> off flying skills, is irresponsible.   This sort of crap keeps
> happening. A few years back, we lost *two* Corsairs and one pilot
> because
> of a dual-take-off stunt.   This needs to stop.
> And don't give me that "it's his; he can do what he wants" bulls***. If
> I bought the Mona Lisa, it's "mine;"
> does that make it morally right for me to wipe my butt with it??
> If a pilot wants to kill himself showing people how "hot" he is, fine.
> Do it in a Cessna.
> There's no need to take the heritage of Mankind with him.
> Want to fly your warbird?  Great.  Wonderful.
> But be responsible, for God's sake.
> D.S.
>
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