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Future Warbird Ops Limits?

Posted by Ryan Harris on Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:20:32 AM

I know this has been thrown around in the Flypast forum quite a bit but my thought provoking topic is should warbirds be placed under operation limitations such as no aerobatics at all, or no aerobatics under a certain altitude, or something entirely different.

I understand that pilot training is typically the best fight against losses. In recent years however we have lost a P-38, P-63, Mossie, Firefly, and then this weekend the Wildcat to low level manuevers and it just really makes me wonder.

I know most operators these days are simply straight and level kind of guys with not much more at low level other than a 90 degree bank for a photo pass.

I'm not trying to start a war here, nor trying to flame the pilots of the aircraft, just wondering how some of you guys feel about things.

Ryan

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