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Old 9th Apr 2010, 18:28
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Wee Weasley Welshman
 
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If you spend extended time in the world of flying training then eventually someone you know dies in an accident.

Its not a topic that gets much attention on this forum but it ought to. Flying a light aircraft is quite a hazardous past time. Its up there with horse riding and motorbiking. I myself got my first ever flying instructor job filling the shoes of an ex-Tornado Navigator turned Flying Instructor who flew into a hill in North Wales taking two students with him. A colleague I then worked with went on the next year to join OATS and suffered a mid air collision on approach to Kiddlington, thankfully with no trips to the morgue.

In an increasingly safe and protected and risk-free world your basic flying training is likely to be the riskiest thing you ever undertake.

Think on.


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