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Old 1st Sep 2015, 11:54
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Martin the Martian
 
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The accident has yet to make the monthly aviation magazines, with Flypast and Aeroplane going to press before it happened.

I will be interested to see how it is covered, but as much of the aviation media never likes to report bad or controversial news I suspect it will along the lines of 'we won't comment on anything until the report is published'. This is the polar opposite of the feeding frenzy in the national media, and if so will be in my eyes as unacceptable. As an event that will have a huge impact in aviation in the UK, airshows and the general perception of vintage aircraft, I hope the specialist press will come out all guns blazing to report the event soberly, offer a reasoned, balanced viewpoint and refute the sensationalist crap in the dailies. I know it is preaching to the converted but these magazines are on sale in public venues and if just a handful of people pick one up out of curiosity, read something sensible and learn about what happened it might help.

Just a thought.
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