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You don't know the "time" or backgrounds of any of us, do you, not that it even pertains to the conversation. One can always tell a self-important person by the nature of their assumptions, and you and grandiosity appear to be well acquainted.

I have picked up some good pointer from this thread. I would rather stick to that.

But in response to your comment, had I wanted to impress anyone with my time, I would have done so about the third or so post.

Not under the name woodbutcher, but another, I have been on the internet since the days when Compu-serve was about the only thing unless you were a real techie and nowhere on the net will you find a hanger flying story from/about/by me.

Besides, almost all hanger flying stories have their roots in poor preflight planning. I always felt that a good reason not to be the star of the hanger flying sessions.

So much for my trying to impress.

Besides, almost all hanger flying stories have their roots in poor preflight planning. I always felt that a good reason not to be the star of the hanger flying sessions.
So much for my trying to impress...

Okay, fair enough. I think there's a difference between gratuitous hangar flying and subject-related chatter undertaken while we debrief this awful incident. We all relate to this family's situation from our perspective, and I'm surprised you found it so irritating that we expressed same. People naturally want to share their own near-misses, be it skidding into a snow bank or going on a boat trip and ending up adrift in the fog.

It all seems to come back to preparation and/or being caught off guard, which is exactly what we were talking about. If you considered it a thread hijacking by some inferior pilots you assume are trying to impress people, you are simply wrong.