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No, I was not at the air races today.

Started by MadImmortalMan, September 16, 2011, 08:46:37 PM

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Martinus

#15
September 17, 2011, 01:08:48 PM Last Edit: September 17, 2011, 01:11:36 PM by Martinus
Quote from: dps on September 17, 2011, 06:04:46 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 17, 2011, 05:09:25 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2011, 12:44:09 AM
:(  Think I'm going to avoid air shows for a long, long while.
I said that the last time there was a huge accident at an air show, and the time before that, and the time before that, etc.

I remember there was this one in Germany in the 80s where like 100 people got killed.

Yeah, but IIRC, that one involved Italian pilots.

Good they weren't American pilots - that way they would have also managed to kill people in some hanging train.

DGuller

#16
September 17, 2011, 01:20:18 PM
Quote from: Martinus on September 17, 2011, 01:08:48 PM
Good they weren't American pilots - that way they would have also managed to kill people in some hanging train.
:huh: Marty, there are no hanging trains in Italy.  In fact, Italy doesn't have a death penalty at all.  I think you're talking about cable cars.

MadImmortalMan

#17
September 17, 2011, 01:51:22 PM
This particular event has a crash once in a while. It's fairly common, but usually not dangerous to so many people. Folks who live here have always had a pretty meh attitude toward air race crashes as a result. I bet that changes now.
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Razgovory

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September 17, 2011, 01:55:42 PM
Quote from: Martinus on September 17, 2011, 01:07:02 PM
I think there were like 3 or so accidents at air shows in Poland over the last few years, too. It seems like this is a significant risk - these planes are not perfectly new, and usually the pilots are old (or, as in one case in Poland, drunk). It's a bit like those people who watch car races by crowding around dangerous street corners. Taking your kids to something like that seems rather careless.


Could you post something that is not stupid once in while?  Just to shake things up?
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Siege

#19
September 17, 2011, 11:43:10 PM
It arrived to its Final Destination.

I guess the P51s are still good divers.



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barkdreg

#20
September 18, 2011, 06:50:49 AM
I was sailing past Ostend when an Jordanian plane crashed there in 1997. Maybe 20 km of the crash an could still hear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6vSM5rdUMg

Fireblade

#21
September 18, 2011, 07:56:10 AM
Anyone want to start an awesome industrial band that sounds vaguely neo-Nazi to foreign ears?

I think we could name it.. Renno.

DontSayBanana

#22
September 18, 2011, 08:30:45 AM
BTW, the one that Cal's referring to is the incident at Rammstein, IIRC.  The one the band took their name from and wrote a song about.
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