XPost: rec.aviation.piloting, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On 16 Nov 2006 13:09:12 -0800, "hal lillywhite"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >lein wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hell, you might as well have an airshow.  If you are going to allow   
   >> hobbiest Homer fly his Piper in and out of the airport, you might as   
   >> well allow a highly train fighter pilot zip around in his well   
   >> maintained jet.   
   >   
   >In fact you might say it was "Hobbiest Homer" who crashed last show.   
   >He was not officially part of the show and was only there to show off   
   >his airplane.   
      
   As were all such folks who flew in.   
      
   He just happened to have a Much cooler airplane than did most.   
      
   > The only blame one can place on the air show is that it   
   >was the show that attracted him there.   
      
   Airplane drivers like to hang with other airplane drivers, and as a   
   general rule that's somewhere near an airport.   
      
   Best time to do that is when there's Something Interesting going on.   
      
   >  There is nothing to prevent   
   >someone with a similar aircraft from showing up at that airport any   
   >time.   
      
   Precisely.   
      
   But during an air show works just fine too.   
      
   Airplanes crash, sometimes.  Mechanical failures are seldom   
   predictable.   
      
   Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.   
      
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