Tradgedy but the show went On
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r988 said:
Oh sorry, my point is why is this British grit? just seems like a normal sequence of actions in most civilised countries.
Are you sure you read the article correctly, plane crashes into people at airshow, killing 31, but the airshow went on.
I would say it was British Grit, from a time when men were men rather than 'Girly men' (as Arnie would put it)
telecat said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2981000/2981786.stm
I read this as British grit, what's your take??
Not to be outdone the French continued the '55 Le Mans race even after 80+ people were killed.
Although I have a grudging admiration for the people at the air show the British Grit or Stiff upper lip is highly overrated in some arenas I think.
My example of this being my Sister’s bloke’s brother (still with me?). He knew he’d really buggered his ankle playing rugby, but was so worried about looking like a big girly girl in front of the crowd and his mates he carried on playing, eventually having to be carried off on a stretcher because he passed out. The result being - what would have originally just been a really nasty sprain, turned into a 3 hour operation, pins in the ankle somewhere and 6 months of physiotherapy.
My example of this being my Sister’s bloke’s brother (still with me?). He knew he’d really buggered his ankle playing rugby, but was so worried about looking like a big girly girl in front of the crowd and his mates he carried on playing, eventually having to be carried off on a stretcher because he passed out. The result being - what would have originally just been a really nasty sprain, turned into a 3 hour operation, pins in the ankle somewhere and 6 months of physiotherapy.
JagLover said:
Oh sorry, my point is why is this British grit? just seems like a normal sequence of actions in most civilised countries.
Are you sure you read the article correctly, plane crashes into people at airshow, killing 31, but the airshow went on.
I would say it was British Grit, from a time when men were men rather than 'Girly men' (as Arnie would put it)
Ok I didn't pick up on that, still that wasn't long after the war, planes crashing and killing people wasn't as unusal as it seems today. And I'd say most people were less concerned with safety in most areas back then.
Taxi 4 Hutton said:
Although I have a grudging admiration for the people at the air show the British Grit or Stiff upper lip is highly overrated in some arenas I think.
My example of this being my Sister’s bloke’s brother (still with me?). He knew he’d really buggered his ankle playing rugby, but was so worried about looking like a big girly girl in front of the crowd and his mates he carried on playing, eventually having to be carried off on a stretcher because he passed out. The result being - what would have originally just been a really nasty sprain, turned into a 3 hour operation, pins in the ankle somewhere and 6 months of physiotherapy.
did his team win though..thats the important bit
The article keeps quoting a De Havilland official as wanting to "trace the COURSE of the accident". Surely he said "trace the CAUSE of the accident".
I know a few people who were in the crowd that day and I have seen film footage of the accident too. Up until the Ramstein carsh of 1988, it was the world's worst airshow accident.
I know a few people who were in the crowd that day and I have seen film footage of the accident too. Up until the Ramstein carsh of 1988, it was the world's worst airshow accident.
zippee said:
I still like the video of the 2 Russian Migs that crashed into each other at an airshow. Pilots ejected and once on the ground lit up up a ciggy each and strolled back to ATC as if nothing had happened.
Ahh, but thats not the full story, the pilot that got ran into walked over to the pilot that ran into him and clocked him one!
I bought a video a while bakc called "Farnborough in the 50s" which unfortunantly shows this incident. Its made up from lots of pathe newsreels, and interviews the pilots beforehand, with the commentator casually observing
"...and here's the Pilot and Co-pilot, who were to lose their lives so tragically later that same afternoon..."
Cut to another aircraft, then the crash, then another aircraft. In this day and age, they seem to be nonplussed and treat it as "ordinary", although I suppose after 7 years of war, losing 50 off people in 1 day is ordinary.
"...and here's the Pilot and Co-pilot, who were to lose their lives so tragically later that same afternoon..."
Cut to another aircraft, then the crash, then another aircraft. In this day and age, they seem to be nonplussed and treat it as "ordinary", although I suppose after 7 years of war, losing 50 off people in 1 day is ordinary.
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