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Well Said ctxt
Posted by Mark H on Wed Oct 22, 2003 06:39:14 AM
In reply top Re: Problems facing warbirds movement posted by Glenn Wegman on Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:58:25 PM
Hard to improve on what is said below
Mark H
: Hi John,
:
: Pretty good and accurate post!!
:
: Something else we should all think about......many years a
: go, just before a mutual friend of ours let me fly his Mus
: tang for the first time, he gave me a little lecture and t
: old me that "the most dangerous thing in the sky is a pilo
: t trying to impress other pilots. There is absolutely noth
: ing that you can do with that thing that hasn't already be
: en done by someone else, including stick it in the ground
: nose first, so don't waste your time trying to impress any
: one!" I think about that every time I fly and I am still a
: live after all these years!
:
: If you think about it the majority of the Warbird accident
: s can be linked to the Pilot trying to impress another Pil
: ot or Pilots, or the people on the ground.(Occasionally sh
: eer stupidity does the trick too) Without the audience the
: re wuold be far fewer accidents!
:
: Glenn