RE: Crashing - a part of the hobby?
Crashing is not part of the hobby/obsession. It is part of the risk associated with flying.
Being fatalistic is just plain dumb, IMHO.
Years ago a student of mine was doing a flight demonstration for his sister when during the landing approach his plane was flipped 180* by a dust devil. He promptly pushed the plane up and them rolled over to regain control. I had never taught him to do such a thing but he instictively knew what to do. I asked him what went through his mind. "I won't crash the plane, I will recover and fly again later" was his answer.
Crashes due to equipment failure are OK, due to stupidity are not. Like me pulling when inverted - not OK.
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