On Aug 21, 9:02*pm, hretting wrote:
You're all girliemen who can't accept that there will always be lousy
airmen. Low passes are loved by those who enjoy the rush of one's ship
'Stored Energy' being use in a most thrilling way, carefully trading
this energy for a unique flight profile.
Limit my airmanship because of an act by a poor pilot....? S__t no.
Let's set the speed limit to 45 on the interstate and see how you
would react.
Did I write you're all girliemen? Yep, above .....go eat your
broccoli.
R

Best low pass I ever saw was HW in his Nimbus 4 at Perry. Down the
entire runway at 5' pulling up into a loop. Now there's an airman!
It was the most fantastic soaring event I have ever witness and would
never attempt such a feat caus' I ain't that good.

While I love watching a properly done low pass a much as the next guy.
My problem with them is that it you don't know which pilot is watching
it that doesn't realize he "ain't that good". Then someone gets to
watch an improperly done low pass with that isn't nearly as much fun
to watch.
It seems to me that the low pass pull up accident seems to happen with
all to much frequency although my gut feeling is that they have
tapered off some since we have gone to the higher altitude finishes is
contests. Would be interesting to see if the numbers support this
feeling.

Brian