Thank you for your email regarding the report into the latest accident at Duxford.
However, I am at a loss to understand your reaction to the report.
In my dictionary, a stunt is a “a difficult or often showy performance”.
I think you seem to be reading some kind of slang meaning into our use of the word. This is present only in your own mind, especially as we use the word “tragically” in the same sentence.
We are using the word in its sense of stunt flying or stunt aerobatics, which is an established and normal use of the word.
Turning to your criticism of the word nosedive, I again rely on my dictionary. It refers to a nosedive as “a headlong plunge or to drop or decline sharply”. The use of this word emphasises the dramatic and uncontrolled nature of the incident. It is a legitimate word for the general reader.
Our newspaper has been a major supporter of Duxford and its airshows. We offer the museum enormous pre and post publicity and our relations are excellent.
However, when a serious incident occurs such as last week’s, our readers are entitled to be reminded about other relatively recent incidents involving Duxford.
Our readers live close by to this important and active air museum. They have a right to ensure its activities are properly scrutinised.
Yours sincerely
James Foster
Deputy Editor, Cambridge Evening News
(01223) 434308
Well, what a complete ignorant ar$e 😡 Hell be getting a phone call tomorrow
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