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Thread: [IAC] WAG'97 - Another perspective, again
Message: [IAC] WAG'97 - Another perspective, again
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From: Salvadori Luca <lsalvadori at batman.laben.it>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:08:21 UTC
Hi IAC'ers,
As soon as I read Veva Becker's letter to Sport Aerobatics regarding WAG'97
I felt uncomfortable in recognizing that my report on WAG'97 was somehow
misunderstood.
Veva's letter is full of good thoughts. It stresses that volunteering is
paramount for aerobatics and that Turkish were all volunteering at their
best, that some flaws are usual in any competition, and so on.
That's no matter of discussion: I am on the first line in stressing that
volunteering is the life of aerobatics, and I recognize as well that
thousands of peoples (mostrly high school guys) did a great job for WAC.
Honour for them.
The problem I stress is another one: all those peoples invented the game day
by day. Noone but the "European Officials" was briefed on what had to go on.
Some basic arrangements (such as box positioning so far frm the field) were
wrong. No effective safety measures were actually present, as facts clearly
demonstrated. No good practices for avoiding danger were applied. No basic
facilities were available either for planes or pilots. Fuel quality was
poor. Fuel pump was broken for days without any positive reaction.
We were just lucky. Noone was injured and that's the best results. I believe
that enthusiasm and devotion to our sport shouldn't absolutely lead to
minimizing real problems and lowering our attention level towards safety.
Turkish or Italian, far from home or not is not the matter. It's matter of
remembering that, even if we only play with aircraft, our amusement can
suddenly turn into tragedy if we forget that gravity is against us and
aircraft can fall.
Just my two cents.
Fly High
Luca Salvadori
European Correspondent
Sport Aerobatics
Milan - Italy
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