OK then, John, How about you make a positive contribution, give us all the benefit of YOUR experience ? Seems totally reasonable to try and bring model flying practices up to the standards of real aviation, it is the thing I know best, after all "Aviation is unique in that safety must always be considered over and above any other factors". Not my words but those in the publishers note in this month's Aviation Business, Asia Pacific, the editorial message (Safety Under threat ?) discusses, guess what, safety and the relentless drive to improve it even further in commercial jet aviation. Perhaps they too are getting things out of proportion ! Just my coffee time reading.

I fly them, and I occasionally crash them, goes with the territory, BUT I try, very, very hard not to.

I'm afraid I am a "total aviation person" have been for a long time and its not changeing, my other great passion is music but a broken violin string or a bum piano note rarely has tragic consequnces so its difficult to bring that into model aviation safety. I think I'll stick to what is relevant and I what know best.

Regards,

David Gladwin.