One of the reasons I never go to airshows, even though there are many here in Florida. I really don’t want to see anything like this (although I realize there are others who are hoping it will happen).
You know,it might seem beyond the pale, but some of us go just because we love seeing airplanes and pilots strutting their stuff.
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Same here. Furthermore I do not want to end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and becoming part of the accident.
If I do watch them on TV it's to be amazed at how good the pilots are and not to witness something going wrong (unless it can be corrected by the pilot before something bad happens).
Do you stay off the Interstate Highways for the same reason? Everything has risk involved.
Nobody wanted to see this.
I was at the show, and there was no rush to the fenceline to get closer to this accident. People turned away. It was a very somber crowd. By the time they announced that there would be no more flying today, the crowd was mostly gone.
What you can’t see in the video is the plane was pointed right at the crowd before it dove into the ground. I remember seeing the round engine cowling as a circle, which means the plane was headed for the Pavilion area. I can’t prove it, but it looked to me like the pilot dove it into the grass to avoid the crowd.
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
I have spent many hours around aviation, and I have enjoyed it. It is worth it to me. Missing air shows is not something I am made for...:)
I am sure there are some people who want to see a crash, but if you ever spent as much time as I have around aviation, you would understand, nobody wants to see it, ever, unless you are at war and it is the enemy.
That said, there are few people I have ever known to whom witnessing mishaps or watching a video of one is not awestruck at the drama inherent in it. You would have to be made of wood to be impervious.
And I have seen four aviation accidents with my own eyes, and those are some of the most memorable events of any in my life. But even though it is difficult to retell the story without my obvious excitement (being expressed in the retelling) showing, but I invariably get a sick feeling in my stomach.
No, anyone who takes the time to be interested in aviation is not wishing for mishaps. There are ghouls like that everywhere.
“(although I realize there are others who are hoping it will happen).”
You really should stop projecting your own desires on others. That’s just sick to claim people want to see an crash. The mere fact that you can to this thread says you were interested in an airplane crash. A gawker as much as anyone.