On 16 Nov 2006 13:09:12 -0800, "hal lillywhite"
wrote:


lein wrote:

Hell, you might as well have an airshow. If you are going to allow
hobbiest Homer fly his Piper in and out of the airport, you might as
well allow a highly train fighter pilot zip around in his well
maintained jet.

In fact you might say it was "Hobbiest Homer" who crashed last show.
He was not officially part of the show and was only there to show off
his airplane.

As were all such folks who flew in.

He just happened to have a Much cooler airplane than did most.

The only blame one can place on the air show is that it
was the show that attracted him there.

Airplane drivers like to hang with other airplane drivers, and as a
general rule that's somewhere near an airport.

Best time to do that is when there's Something Interesting going on.

There is nothing to prevent
someone with a similar aircraft from showing up at that airport any
time.

Precisely.

But during an air show works just fine too.

Airplanes crash, sometimes. Mechanical failures are seldom
predictable.

Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.