2005 Junior Worlds Accident

Justin, you probably think you are God's gift to flying but here's
some news for you: YOU ARE NOT.

Have you ever read the accident reports in the back of S&G? Pundit
after pundit sticking their Discus 2s and LS8s into fields from messed
up final glides. At the Juniors last year a kid smashed an Astir into
the hill below the field at Dunstable and was lucky to walk away.

You think the death of a person is not a good enough reason to "beat
people with a stick"? Then what the hell is? Two deaths? Three?

And what's with the dig at the GSA? Is safe flying something you do
not approve of? You'd do damned well to listen to instructors - they
know better than you do.


Dan

On Feb 9, 12:14 pm, Justin Craig
wrote:
Having just read the posting by Alistair Wright I was
some what alarmed by his narrow minded attitude in
respect to a club that he does not appear to have flown
at for thirty years. Highlighting a one off incident
which involved a small number of people, and using
this as a stick to beat the whole operation with.

Reading further into the post, I rather wonder if in
fact he is a competition pilot himself. I am guessing
probably not a current one. Granted at some point he
may well have been, but grounding highly experienced
pundits because he did not like their circuit pattern......come
on, he must have been the laughing stock of the whole
comp.

Given his attitude, I would hazard a guess that he
has some sort of military back round, and may have
learned to fly with the RAF GSA.