Just checked wikipedia regarding F1, last spectators killed in 1961, last
driver killed (Senna) in 1994, though I think there was a course marshal
killed more recently (hit by a flying wheel ?).
...Wayne
>
> 19 pilots were killed between 1964 and the 2011 event. However, 2011
> not only raised the total to 20 but it's the first time spectators have
> been killed. But in one event the spectator toll is almost half of the
> total pilot toll taken over 47 years. I've no idea how F1 racing
> compares.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 9/18/2011 4:28 AM, Moose wrote:
> > On 9/18/2011 12:34 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> >> It's NASCAR for the skies. Most forms of racing have some form of
> danger and
> >> this is no exception. You can't be critical of this and still like
> F1.
> >
> > Sure I can. Although no longer interested in racing of mechanical
> devices, I have attended an F1 race.
> >
> > The cars are smaller and slower. It's pretty easy to see where they
> are most likely to fly off the track, and not be
> > there. If they do fly, it's not very far, and never very far up.
> >
> > The planes are already up. When they fall, it's far, heavy and hard.
> >
> > I don't know how much of the coverage you've read. In one early
> report, a woman described seeing severed body parts
> > flying through the air. As you may know, these old planes have sharp,
> whirly things on the front. Confucius say "Lady
> > back into propeller. Disaster!"
> >
> >> This was an accident. They happen. Tragic, yes, but not unexpected.
> The
> >> spectator setback is no different than an airshow.
> >
> > As you so succinctly put it "not unexpected". Moosie not go there.
> >
> > All In One Piece Moose
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