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Subject: Re: [OM] OT:Mustang overhead
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:29:45 -0400
  I understand the reasoning Chris but 50 or 100 meters at the speeds
they're traveling doesn't seem nearly enough. At the rate these guys move
that would give the spectator in harm's way just enough time to say "Oh
sh..."!

Charlie

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> John
>
> Yes, while they're airborne.  The rules arose from the dreadful accident at
> Ramstein, I believe, about 30 years ago.  That was when the Frecce Tricolore
> managed to kill quite a few of the crowd because their midair took place
> while they were moving towards the crowd (as I recall).  Now you may fly no
> closer to the crowd than 100m if you are tending in their direction, 50m if
> flying parallel with the crowd line.  I'm not an expert, but those are the
> rules which I applied -- more or less.
>
> There was a RCAF Aurora at the show.  It was very good to have them there,
> but I didn't take many photos as their rules seemed to be quite a bit more
> strict than the 100m rule.  They were about 1km away from the crowd.
>
> Double Diamond, John?  Don't tell me that you saw any while you were in the
> UK.
>
> Chris
>
> On 29 Aug 2011, at 18:17, John Hudson wrote:
>
> > What is the reason for checking that the pilots were their proper
> distance
> > from the crowd? Perhaps .... to ensure that no one slipped a can of
> chilled
> > Double Diamond to a pilot :-) Or .... is it the distance when the plane
> is
> > aloft?
>
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