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Old 3rd Aug 2003, 02:37
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I've read about the Jaguar pilot, and it is inspirational to read about someone who overcame the odds, adapted to his surroundings to keep doing osmething he loved. It would have been "easy" to have taken a desk job or sold his story to the trade comics.

As a recent PPL "look out" is up their as critical, if you're flying somewhere where others might be then doubly so, if my neck doens't hurt after an hour or two of circuits then I've not been watching enough. Irrepsective of what the air boards said - the C152 was flying in congested airspace, maybe with an enhanced lookout or a different angle for the sun the Jaguar could have avoided it...

But as is see it (IMHO of course) if you play on a motorway and get hit by a car then you're a twit. Still sad to see three lives wiped out.
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