Originally Posted by
idle bystander
Courtney:
You are being disingenuous. There is no comparison between overflying a busy main road (as anyone approaching Shoreham has to do 80% of the time), and pulling, what, 2-3g, out of a loop at over 200kts, 100ft, even 500ft, above a main arterial highway on a Saturday afternoon. That's where the insanity seems to come in.
No, he is not.
There is every comparison.
Firstly, the 100ft pass was straight and level. Very low risk.
Secondly, even at "200kts" (your speed not mine) the energy in the hunter is infinitesimal compared to the energy in an airliner landing over a busy road.
Thirdly, risk is all about chance of something happening as well as effect if it does.
History shows that despite decades of this sort of thing happening, I believe this is the first time one has spanked into a road.
Even one in a million risks happen occasionally. That does not mean it is sane to try to remove one in a million chances.
Aviation is already safer than normal life. The drive to the airport is the dangerous bit it's just humans are awful at risk assessment.
You are an exceptional human.