Originally Posted by
astrohog
Did any of you actually watch the video? There is a third person (spotter?) assisting both of the pilots, who, as previously mentioned, were in constant communication with each other.
Folks are getting desperate to justify their (incorrect) posts and assessments.......
I will agree, after watching the video a couple of times, the runway is a bit tight to the crowd, but the spectators really need to be the ones to decide if they are comfortable that close or not. I don't know about everyone else in here, but I prefer NOT to live in a nanny state, and want to retain the right (and responsibility) to decide my own threshholds for my safety.
Astro
This I agree with, especially the last sentence. However one regular in this forum has beat on the AMA and EC for not having sufficient distance between flying area and attendees. Both videos I posted have the same situation and the last one, that Yak appears to fly directly over a couple at the end of the runway. IMO, if you’re going to call out one CBO for safety issues, you really need to call them all out. This really shouldn’t be about us butting heads on a forum, it should be about us all recognizing dangerous situations and correcting them for the benefit of the hobby.