mechfx Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 A Mate took this footage in the early 90's. Its an awesome display of skill and trust. NO WAY it would be allowed these days, which is a real shame. I'd feel safer knowing our defence forces were so well trained... Enjoy, Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It's a fairly easy answer mechfx. It costs about $7 million to sustain a young quadriplegic for life Let's say you are a member of that audience, let's give the pilots 100% fallibility, let's give the promoter 100% for removing all overhead wires etc (which would be in the dark), let's give the guy on the ground 100% for not forgetting his act and zigging when he should have zagged. Now let's feed in a small control bush which seizes, or even let's cast our mind back to the unexpected failure in Indonesia The helicopter wildly flips into the crowd. By a million to one chance you bought those seats for tonight, and you're the one whose feet they're sticking needles into You're the one we are all looking at as they stretch you out on the board and take you to the hospital Then of course we start clapping to get the show back on the road because isn't it such a great show. We sympathise with you but, hey everyone knows its dangerous don't they? Who is going to foot your $7 million bill? Oh and your dearest loved one was sitting beside you; she died. This is the type of scenario in Australia we started to grapple with in the early 1980's, there's two sides of the story, and the solution is how do you achieve the most spectacular display without causing injury or death. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongie Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 i remember snoopy!! its was an awesome show, seen it at the townsville show when i was a wee little tacker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relfy Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Impressive stuff from the Kiowa pilot. I gotta admit thought, putting all the dangers of which we are all very aware of aside, it was good to sit back and watch that display. The Seakings weren't too dissimilar to the Blackhawks and Rescue choppers dropping in to the Grand Finals around the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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