tragic for those involved and friends and family, however if this had happened while driving home from the airfield it would hardly be covered by the press.....
I had actually looked at this aircraft on the flybpl.com website before I saw the accident on ASN
I have emailed a few different flying schools for prices to do my NPPL(M) to SSEA conversion today and doing a little research on their fleets. I would not have been happy learning in a 50+ year old aircraft which had already logged 16894 flying hours as of 31/12/2011, I would prefer to fly something a little less ancient and pay more...
I hate when people speculate as to the cause of a crash before any investigation has even begun, I am aware the age of the aircraft may not have been a factor in this accident.