Originally Posted by
mostlytossas
Have we become a nation of wimps? How do you think our fore fathers got on? Flying single engine aircraft in wartime over the coast not only risking a ditching due to engine trouble but engaging enemy aircraft with the good chance of being shot down as well..
A friend lost his uncle in WW2 in precisely those circs: ditched, didn't survive; just a young guy. We were talking about it a few days ago, and how glad we were that this doesn't happen any more. This "wimps" talk is absurd and there's no place for it now.