A sobering thought..

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Wed 17 Jan 2007 09:09
A sobering thought.. - P.Mason {P}
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Looking through some old colour slides yesterday, I came upon a series that I'd taken of the Red Arrows at an air display.
I was reminded of an interview I'd seen a few years ago, where the pilot was asked if he was nervous about flying in close formation at 450mph.
He replied 'I find driving on two lane roads far more worrying - when we're flying in a display, we know all the other participants, they're healthy and trained to the nines, we're usually travelling in the same direction,and we practice for every eventuality. On the road however, you're sometimes only 4 feet to one side of a car closing with you at a combined speed of up to 120mph plus, and you have absolutely no idea of the ability, health or mental state of the driver'
Worrying...

P.
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