If you condone people flying SEPs over Central London (or any other major connurbation) you are risking losing everybody's freedoms.
Strong words WC!
I agree with you up to a point but we can't, however, paint SEP's as the only villains of the piece. Things can go wrong in twins too (as shown by the accident at Shoreham) and had the Paris, Concorde accident happened at LHR whilst they were on Easterlies. . . . Well, it doesn’t bear thinking about. . . .
The fact is that ANY form of aviation over ANY built up area carries an element of risk. However, Single Engine Aircraft have been flown over the skies of London far longer than any of us have been ‘behind the wheel’ and by far greater men than any of us. We, therefore, have to ask ourselves, do we have the right to condemn and are we, by our very words in this thread, playing right into the hands of those who would see our pastimes, lives and careers go the same way as “hand guns”, simply because, one day, something might, just might happen?
G