Tony,
I heard a lot about your crash, very unfortunate, sorry. Also I've read some of your posts bashing the Basin pretty good. Someone pointed you out about three weeks ago at the Basin and said how you claimed to never fly there again. Was that you?

I've been at Whittier (an AMA regulated field with lots of supervision) and saw someone pull a flag after asking for TEN minutes. Turns out it belonged to the guy practicing with his Q40 who fortunatley had just landed. My point is it can happen anywhere and doesn't happen as often as people say at the Basin as they like to make excuses for their crashes.

Let me clarify and say that from what I heard (the guy asked about the frequency before putting his flag up, which leads me to believe he pulled your flag) your crash was a legitimate shootdown and his fault.

I just think before you scare people away from jet rallys or sport flying yet continue to come out to the Basin you should weigh your emotional reaction to what happened with what really goes on.

If you ever want to reply to me in person just ask Rob J. or Matt or Jason to point me out as I am there very often.

Richard Dragin