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Old 19th Sep 2023, 06:45
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Very sad to hear about Reno's future and those 2 T6s. I was in OSH this year again and what was striking was the level of the daily airshows compared tp previous years : relatively basic and much more safety orientated, but meaning less spectacular too . No more mixed operations for instance , which we assumed was the result of the B17 accident in Dallas earlier in the year. Insurance might have been a factor too. . The Shockwave jet powered truck fatal accident earlier this year which was one of the highlights of previous years night airshow, is another reminder of the risks taken . . If the tendency to always do better , faster ,and more spectacular each year causes people to die, it will surely one day mean the end of airshows are we know them .
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