Thoughts on Oshkosh

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
There is an overwhelming safety issue concerning tailwheel propeller
warbirds that absolutely has to be addressed AS A SINGLE ISSUE by the
FAA and the EAA before accidents like the one this week can be
prevented.

I hesitate to suggest technical solutions since not everyone is
comfortable
with using fancy technological solutions (and also because new problems
may
be added), but why not require such aircraft to install a USB video camera
under the nose of the plane with the cable terminating at a low cost
laptop
or tablet PC in the cockpit? The cameras are relatively low cost these
days
(as low as $20! [1]) so the major cost is in the laptop or tablet PC.

[1] http://www.usbgear.com/USB-Cameras.html

One reason would be that when taxiing an aircraft....any aircraft....total
attention should be outside the cockpit. This is especially true in the
tailwheel prop warbird situation. One solution I used often in tight and
busy places was to have a wing "sitter" out on my wingtip. This "sitter" was
assigned to me and went with me all the way into the parking spot. Totally
simple........and totally effective!
Dudley Henriques