Originally Posted by
H Peacock
Gone are the days of Neville Duke displaying his Hunter at Farnborough as soon as they've swept the remains of the Derry/Richards DH110 off the runway!
That was only possible because those remains were not lying on the runway but in the middle of the spectators were they would not disturb the flying operations...
But sarcasm apart. If your display partner/friend/flying buddy just crashed and you have no idea if he's alive or dead or badly hurt, how can you continue your display? I witnessed enough road accidents after which I needed a short pause before I could go on driving and those were all people I did not know.