On Feb 11, 2:40�pm, Stewart Kissel
wrote:
At 19:18 11 February 2007, Stefan wrote:

Stewart Kissel schrieb:
The logic here still escapes me....soaring contest
organizers are to ask the FAA for a waiver...so that
an activity that the vast majority of pilots do not
choose to do, and consider unsafe...will be permitted?

Ever seen an airshow?

OH, you mean where pilots are trained and pass tests
before being allowed to make aerobatic manuevers.
*Where pilots may not be fatigued and dehydrated from
tough 5 hour cross country flight. *Where workers on
the field delineate safe areas for the public to stand.
*Where airplanes are sequenced into airspace, rather
then screaming in on final glider from all directions?

Where airshow pilots *may* participate in regular physical
fitness programs to improve their stamina? *Where the
purpose of the airshow is aerobatic manuevers, not
cross country competition with the need for high-g
pull up at the end.

Yes, I have seen several of these. *Are you stating
we should categorize cross country soaring competitions
as 'air shows'?

Low passes look and sound cool...in an uncontrolled
environment conducted by fatigued pilots, who are also
going to immediately enter into the most dangerous
part of the flight(landing)...I don't see your analogy
fitting.

Maybe we should have the airshow pilots fly arond in
the sun for 5 hours before starting their routines?

Do glider aerobatic competitions start by first fatiguing
the pilots?
Respectfully:
Why don't you guys put pink skirts around your glider and have an old
lady contest. You're just killing the fun. You all preach a good line
with perhaps 1000' setback for launches next, bubble wrap to follow so
that everyone's tush don't get scratch. After the contest you'll drive
with your girlie glider down the highway at 80 mph with total
disregard for the mother and her twins coming the other way.
Those who want guarantees, stay home and wait, for death will arrive.
More NASCAR fans die every year sitting in the stands than all the
world combined from "Maximum Performance Finishes", EVER!!
As tragic as the accident in UK was, the facts and statistics do not
support a change in finish height. Ya, I know, say that to the widow,
but one "specific type" accident over a defined time line determines
trends, which in this case , there is none. The vast majority feel
that MPFs are an important part of competition racing and all should
maintain a watch to assure that they're done by everyone, safely.
R