Originally Posted by
flyer101flyer
Tradeoffs--
1) Display flying does involve a higher level of risk.
2) This can and should be minimized by following best practices for flight procedures.
3) Opportunities for flight experiences in these aircraft are so rare. Especially in the dynamic environment of an air display which arguably is the only thing that comes even remotely close to replicating how they were originally used.
Why should point 1 be allowed to trump all others? Why should point 3 be assigned a weight of zero? Isn't the end case of the "minimize all risks at all costs" philosophy an evolution towards allowing straight and level flight only, with no other planes in the sky? Or toward static display only?
Just a thought...
Why
Not forgetting that if we lived our lives worrying about what might happen, we would never do anything.