Fighterpilot
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Joined: 12/20/2001
From: Kenner, LA, USA
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I've written so much on this topic that I'm getting blue in the face. Fact of the matter is this subject was brought up by me in this very forum about 3 months ago. The problem with the IMAC guys is that for some unknown reason, they think they can fly better than anyone else. Give me a month with one of your monocote encrusted behemoths and I'll be able to hover the damned thing until you are bored watching. (Almost as bored as we are from watching you guys)
When there are multiple aircraft in the air, the pilot that pulls his aircraft to a hover over center stage is creating an obstacle that every one else must now avoid, if you see it in time. It's the same as if somebody cuts the pattern short and turns out at center stage instead of going to the end of the flyover area before making his turnout. I was at Bomber Field this last September. On a flyby with my Sea Fury (made outside of the runway and at about 15 feet of altitude) a guy flying a Hanger 9 Piper Cub decides to make a left turn, center stage, right smack in front of me. I'm looking at my aircraft approaching from the left and do not see this cub until he is directly in front of me. Yes, I had a spotter, who was just as surprised as I that the guy made an abrupt left turn when he did. Fortunately, the resulting mid air only put some yellow paint stains on my left wing and verticle stab. The cubs left wing was cut right at the left airleron. Fortunately, my prop wasn't damaged and his airplane maintained enough control to set down in the grass outside of the runway. Had my control surfaces been damaged, my aircraft could have gone anywhere. This was a perfect example of making a sudden move that creates an obstacle which must be avoided.
When there are multiple aircraft in the air, a safe traffic pattern must be adhered to. Sure you can do a loop center stage, but it is your responsiblilty to make sure that no aircraft is following close enough behind you for you to become an obstacle that he must avoid.
My problem is the pilot that is aware of this situation and continues to fly as if he is the only pilot and aircraft in the air. It is for this reason that I have saved my oldest and most unattractive warbird, filled her with as much lead as she can possibly fly with, put on a devastating carbon fiber prop, and have practiced my depth perception almost as much as some of you guys have practiced you hovering. One day soon, we will meet and it won't be by chance.
Sorry...but the devil made me say it!!!! 
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