Drink your water and don't pull G's 'till you pass
out.

That power washer will keep you hydrated!

You know I can't resist telling you how unsafe it is
to stand on top of that 20' step ladder you mentioned.
I think it's even more dangerous than contest finishes.


Here are some facts from a Ladder Safety website:

'Every day, one person dies as the result of a ladder
fall. Each year, 65,000 people sustain injuries severe
enough to require treatment in hospital emergency rooms.'

Might have to ban you from power washing your barn
- for your own safety, of course.

;-)

The defense rests (with a chuckle).

9B


At 20:48 04 October 2003, Jj Sinclair wrote:
Our barn has that gray grungy look that old wood gets,
so I have been
power-washing it in preparation for a coat of clear
Urethane. Now power washing
is a monotonous task, so I started thinking about Finish
Line Accidents. Surely
we must have had some, then, way up at the top of my
20 foot ladder, I
remembered ONE. Uvalde, August, 1986. It was the
first Nationals at Uvalde,
15 meter I think Anyway, this ASW-20 driver hit the
Finish Line, low and fast
(in those days, 5 feet was OK) He then pulled up and
proceeded off the airport
to the North and crashed in a housing area. KS remembers,
we helped remove the
wreckage from this guys pick-up truck and front yard.
Pilot was severely
injured, but recovered satisfactorily.

It was widely suspected that the pilot was suffering
from dehydration. So, not
a Finish Line Accident, just a medical condition, Right?
Dr. Cannon has
lectured frequently about dehydration in contests,
he says a dehydrated pilot
can be functioning OK, even though he is becoming seriously
dehydrated. He can
find Uvalde (this was before GPS) He can perform his
high speed, low altitude
pass through the Finish Line, But when he pulls some
G's in his pull-up, the
G's can be more than his severely dehydrated mind can
handle and
.............................................CRUN CH,
he crashes in a housing
area.

I finished up the back of the barn and was washing
the South side (much easier,
don't need the ladder) and I remembered ANOTHER Finish
Line Accident. Cal City,
Nimbus 2, (Cindy can give dates & details) This Nimbus
2 driver comes in low,
but not very fast, flew through the Finish Line and
pulled up very steeply,
stalled and was killed, right in front of the Finish
Line. It was widely
believed that the pilot was dehydrated, was able to
find Cal City, performed
his low pass through the Finish Line and
............................................... .

Your Honor, The Prosecution Rests,
JJ Sinclair