RE: Crash today at Florida Jets.
I was there and my opinion is that the flight line was as good as other jet meets I've attended. We all want to see safe events- but we also want to regulate ourselves. The idea of building an expensive jet and driving many hours to an event and then having someone tell me I can't fly it is distasteful to me.
This incident may have been avoidable but I know that professionally maintained and preflighted aircraft crash everyday. Sometimes things just go wrong. I would hope everyone remembers that we are talking about a reasonably intelligent group of people here and that the price of participation should keep those invlolved alert as to how best to maintain and operate thier jets.
Sometime you just have to take reasonable precautions then accept a certain amount of risk....
Paul