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Old 12th Jul 2016, 15:17
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Originally Posted by Brian W May
Wall my sympathy is with the next of kin - most/none of whom had not invited ANY risk as they weren't even attending the air display. .
Everybody invites risk the moment they leave their oxygen tent in a hardened bunker.

Life is a sequence of mostly uninvited risks. Why single out aviation?

The risk of being hit by a falling hunter is so miniscule compared to the risk of driving down that road that I seriously wonder if there is anyone left in this country who understands risk assessments.
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