back to the roots
>If there were no risk takers we would still be walking everywhere.
Or maybe even still be living in trees ?
Pretty superficial...
Although I do agree that some risks need to be taken I
think that line of thought is way too simple and weak
in this context - in civl aviation there's mostly really no point in
flying beneath bridges or other structures. It's been
done before and military aviators are still being trained
that stuff.
>As the bridge was intact after the event, and the spectators got
>a free show, what's the problem.
the problem, well the problem - by flying beneath bridges
the pilot takes a risk into account - an unnecessary risk.
At that moment he is not 'only' ignoring air laws, but also
recommendations for security margins. (a birdstrike/engine
failure or whatever may be distracting enough)
And that puts not only the pilot's life and the equipment
(probably not even his own!) in danger, but also other's lives and
property.
While it's certainly 'fun' and exciting to perform such maneuvers it
is definitely also risky and dangerous - the problem for a
pilot who's not been trained doing that stuff would also be the
decreasing threshold to do it over and over again -
"cause it went well the last time" - desensibilisation takes place.
And that's certainly a dominant factor for the dangerous attitude
to simply do 'it' because it's possible. There are numerous posts
on pprune regarding accidents - some obviously linked to non-
standard maneuvers and others where the exact cause couldn't
really be determined.
A while ago, probably at the beginning of the year, there was a
post (title 'deadly stupid stunt') here on
pprune regarding a crash of a German EMS helicopter (BO 105)
because the pilot wanted to flew beneath a bridge (max. 20
ft height) -
although he did successfully complete that maneuver he then
lost control over the machine about 50 ft
behind the bridge and it crashed into the river - one person
dead. Later it turned out that such maneuvers were no
exception, rather it had become a 'fun' way to make the flights
more exciting - if such a stunt had been reported to the
responsible officials at the first opportunity it might not even have
come to such a tragic end.
So while a year ago I would not necessarily have tried to
report such an incident but simply have been amazed, I am
now of the opinion that one should ignore the initial
amazement and "show effect" and merely look behind the
scenes: there's somebody doing something illegal and
dangerous.
As long as people are doing it with their own equipment on
their own ground I won't hinder anybody ...If they want
to they can build a bridge into their garden in order to
have some fun with their R22 ;-)
But not at the costs of others !
>If the risk is removed from every aspect of daily life we might as well not be born.
That's also pretty superficial ... I hope you don't mean what you say ...
>Nice to see some spirit remains BUT don't do it a third time as it will surely end in tears.
Here I do only agree with the latter part of the statement :
it will surely end in tears !
regs
AGL
Last edited by AlphaGolfLima; 25th Jul 2003 at 04:10.