You couldn’t imagine a group like the LPG here operating in such a way.
I have no personal knowledge of how the LPG, or indeed, any of the various groups of amateur organisations keeping old aeroplanes running work, but I couldn’t help thinking there might be some parallels. I am in no way criticising the work, not to mention the sheer determination and enthusiasm of these people, many of whom frequent this forum but old, aeroplanes, old time expired parts, lack of experience on type or trade, lack of currency or recency from a maintenance perspective, lack of procedures and ineffective oversight by the organisation and the regulator killed a pilot. He, himself, appears to have bent a few rules and cut a few corners in the operation of the aircraft.
Could we see the same with a bunch of spectators at somewhere like Bruntingthorpe? The prospect fills me with dread and, for the first time, I have to agree with the UK CAA’s decision not to allow complex military airframes into the air.
As for the Thunder City accident, the pilots last words to his wife are chilling. Surely there’ll be criminal charges brought?
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