ORIGINAL: RBardin
Vincent, Rufter, Pat
C'mon, really? When was the last Staduim flyover crash? You guys for banning everything that has some elment of danger? I don't think technology would be where it is today if we banned everything that had risks. Airshows have been associated with risk both for the participants and spectators since inception - its a part of the draw. Attend or don't.
I will concede that a football game is not an airshow, and that many of the attendees had no knowlege that they would be treated to a flyover. But they're usually shouting wildly with enthusiasm after it occurs. I'm usually looking skyward trying to figure out where they'll come over by ''O'er the land of the free...''
The mission of a fly over is to show off. If it bothers you guys so much, stay home and play with your dollies.
I enjoy a good flypast as much as the next guy. It's all about degree. Some of the examples posted here are way worse than others, and the level of disciplinary action taken will reflect the level of foolishness demonstrated by the pilot. The original example was not too serious relative to some of the others shown - if indeed it was authorised for min 1000', it shows poor judgement by the pilots. If, however, it was properly authed for 300' then the only criticism I have is of the formation, which was not great! There is a saying: 'A superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid those situations where he may need his superior flying skills!'
PS - I hope you've enjoyed watching all those flypasts as they went over! I've certainly enjoyed doing my share of them whilst looking down from the jet, and my 'judgement' may not always have been perfect
, but I learnt my lessons!
