Get Rid Of Warbirds At Oshkosh

"Scott" wrote in message
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And just out of curiosity, were there any ground marshallers along the
taxiway to help keep traffic from getting too close and keeping an eye
on things? We all know forward visibility is very poor on most warbirds
and it seems like they should have an escort from a guy on a scooter to
be a set of "remote eyes". Just a thought.

Typically, there is only an escort for individual planes, when they enter a
high likelihood of getting around people, such as on the northern most
taxiway off of 36, going back to the RV parking on the left, and P-51
parking on the right.

As is currently done, there is not enough manpower to escort each warbird
all of the way down the taxiways. It is up to the pilot to maintain
spacing, except where they come to an intersection.

I don't understand why this guy in the Avenger ran all over the RV. For
years, warbirds have done a fine job of having no accidents, by doing their
S-turns. I don't understand why he neglected to do the clearing turns, in
this case. There are no places I can think of that there is not enough room
to S-turn.

As always, now there will have to be a reaction to prevent any other
incidents from ever happening in the future. One pilot's lack of awareness
will cause headaches for everyone.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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As always, now there will have to be a reaction to prevent any other
incidents from ever happening in the future. One pilot's lack of
awareness
will cause headaches for everyone.
--
Jim in NC

Hopefully, something will be learned and changed. Unfortunately, this
process is never totally right or the "changes" seemingly sufficient enough
to prevent accidents down the line. The usual result is a time of "increased
awareness" by the community, followed by a time of laxity, followed by
another inevitable accident caused by someone else in another place.
It seems that accident prevention is a never ending sine curve of good and
bad.
Dudley

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in message
...

As always, now there will have to be a reaction to prevent any other
incidents from ever happening in the future. One pilot's lack of
awareness
will cause headaches for everyone.
--
Jim in NC

Hopefully, something will be learned and changed. Unfortunately, this
process is never totally right or the "changes" seemingly sufficient
enough
to prevent accidents down the line. The usual result is a time of
"increased
awareness" by the community, followed by a time of laxity, followed by
another inevitable accident caused by someone else in another place.
It seems that accident prevention is a never ending sine curve of good and
bad.
Dudley


Very true, and draconian measures have no greater lasting value. However, I
really like your suggestion (from past practice and posted on r.a.p) of the
wing sitter. I'm not volunteering, which I'll leave to the young bucks, but
I really like the concept because it leaves the wing sitter free from any
personal driving responsibility to attend to the task at hand. About the
only obvious risk is the possibility of sliding off in an unexpected stop;
which should be safe enough if left to the appropriate personnel.
Peter