Current Display rules and regulations are there to protect the viewing public. Therefore displays are designed to take into account open area’s away from the public, this includes local residents! You can never be 100% safe but in the main a display will be planed that in the event of a failure, be it airframe or pilot the paying public in the public enclosure are as safe as possible, as are fixed buildings and villages nearby. The crowds of people in fields near Airshow, and particularly near Duxford is a big problem. The proximity of the M11 to Duxford is a can of worms that i wont open!
What i was highliting is those that chose to stand in fields close to Airdisplays, I asume in the most part to avoid paying to get in! These people endanger themselves and others. I the display breif safe area’s and area’s to avoid are all pointed out and noted, In your mind you will have a picture of wher to head for if somthing goes wrong, and where to be even when its going right to be on the safe side. Martin Sargent lost his life when trying to put a Spifire downfollowing an engine failure in what he belived to be an open space only to find it covered with people.
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