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Old 09-17-2011, 10:51 AM
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I remember going to the races out side of Phoenix when I lived out there. Never understood why people would stand so close to the race path. The planes are doing in excess of 500mph in the unlimited classes barely 100 feet off the deck. If a plane were too loose control on the front side as happened here, it's all over. I always stood farther back and toward the end of the straight. I think having the spectator area farther away from the race circuit would be a safer idea.

As for grounding the older planes. I do not think it has anything to do with the age of the planes. These things are maintained as well as any new aircraft and it does not look like a structural failure (no pieces looked like they were missing). I just think they went out side the performance envelope. The pilots are pushing these planes and them selves to the very limit and sometimes stuff breaks or things just for wrong.
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