Pilots have a greater chance of getting hurt in a car crash than in the airplanes they fly. The planes are probably in better shape now than when they were in military service.

It is sad to lose a plane, any plane. Be it at an airshow, an air race, a private plane or an airliner, even an r/c plane. Don't tell me you don't feel a bit sad when you crash one of your r/c planes. No one wants to go out and crash. It just happens. And hopefully we all learn from the crash.

If you fly, the risk is always there.

We should honor the pilots and keep the airshows flying. They gave their life doing what they loved.

See ya,
Rod