You can't fix stupid...
10-11-2023, 07:08 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by EasternATC
Here is another video of the incident, and the Reddit comments if one is so inclined.
10-12-2023, 07:46 AM
#12
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There are a lot of questions in my mind. Was this an impulsive stunt by a couple of people with Stearman (Steerman?) money? Was there some kind of intent here? Was the lead cognizant of his friend's position? Did these guys have any formation experience, and, if so, wtf? If this was a training event of some kind, what kind of lesson/course planning was used?
None of this is going to come to the surface here or in video comments. It'll take interviews with people who are lucky not to be injured or worse.
None of this is going to come to the surface here or in video comments. It'll take interviews with people who are lucky not to be injured or worse.
10-12-2023, 04:00 PM
#13
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I don't know, and am loathe to guess. One could say that if they weren't spraying the field, then they didn't have a legitimate reason to be there, and there is an argument to be made for that. Additionally, arguments might be made that flight close to structures, or persons on the surface, presented both a legal and safety issue.
There are arguments to be made in support of such an operation, however, but may not be well understood by anyone who doesn't operate in that environment. When it's one's home turf, so to aeronautically speak, it's familiar ground, though clearly not free of consequence.
There are arguments to be made in support of such an operation, however, but may not be well understood by anyone who doesn't operate in that environment. When it's one's home turf, so to aeronautically speak, it's familiar ground, though clearly not free of consequence.
10-12-2023, 05:51 PM
#14
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
I don't know, and am loathe to guess. One could say that if they weren't spraying the field, then they didn't have a legitimate reason to be there, and there is an argument to be made for that. Additionally, arguments might be made that flight close to structures, or persons on the surface, presented both a legal and safety issue.
There are arguments to be made in support of such an operation, however, but may not be well understood by anyone who doesn't operate in that environment. When it's one's home turf, so to aeronautically speak, it's familiar ground, though clearly not free of consequence.
There are arguments to be made in support of such an operation, however, but may not be well understood by anyone who doesn't operate in that environment. When it's one's home turf, so to aeronautically speak, it's familiar ground, though clearly not free of consequence.
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