Originally Posted by EK4457
I guess the reason I'm posting this is to get it off my chest and get the views of some fellow aviators. You guys are the first I've told as my girlfreind and family would never let my fly again if they knew that crashes really do happen!
The first time you witness an incident is very odd. For me it happened on my first dual landaway. As we came down on final, the microlight departing in front had an engine failure and disappeared behind some trees. My instructor just said "carry on" and I did a beauty of a landing. He then made sure we found out that the pilot was okay, talked to me about what had happened, and insisted on a long break before we went home again.
Similarly, the first incident I witnessed working at North Weald really shook me. Aviation is a very small world and sooner or later you'll know someone that's involved in an incident. Yes, accidents happen. No, fatalities are not frequent. Go to a CAA safety meeting and see their statistics.
Just keep on flying and be as safe as you can.
