[ARC5] Commem. Air Force B-17, P-63 Mid-air Collision, All lives and Aircraft Lost.

[David Stinson]

Noted.  My point with that remark was that we can theorize
all kinds of "reasons," some of which are unlikely grasping,
but the record of WWII aircraft destruction and deaths
is one of either mechanical failure due to something
being neglected or, much more often, mistakes and errors
during "crowd-wowing" stunts.

Not withstanding the tragic loss of life, these aircraft
are irreplaceable.  Racing with them, scripting high-stress,
high-speed stunts to get the crowd to "ooooooo!  Ahhhhh!"
is, IMHO, beyond irresponsible and almost inevitably leads
to a mistake and a black day like this. One can fly these
aircraft without taking such risks. It's like one taking
the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence and a
Gutenberg Bible out of their protected places and handing
them around to a bunch of school kids for "wows."
Sooner or later, one of the kids is going to crayon
"Andy was here" on them.

IMHO, restore these aircraft.  Fly these aircraft, like
the priceless artifacts they are.  If one wishes to
take the risks to generate applause, do it
in a damn Cessna.

IMHO, D.S.

On 11/12/2022 10:24 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> Respectfully Dave,  I understand your anger,   but you are out of line 
> with that comment.  You are denigrating the P-63 pilot with no working 
> facts.

> 
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 8:36 PM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com 
> <mailto:arc5 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     It appears the P-63 pilot attempted to close-buzz
>     the bomber and mis-judged it
>     (or what- He was on his cell phone? Making a sandwich??).
> 

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