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Low Level Aerobatic Peer Reviews

Just been reading some articles at Avweb. The first, "Lucky or Good" http://www.avweb.com/news/probablecause/probable_cause_62_lucky_or_good_198053-1.html "There's something about the typical experienced-pilot's personality that is antithetical to safety. I'm not an expert in analyzing personalities -- though I know what I like -- but it seems the very traits that make someone a "good stick" also make that same skilled pilot a safety risk." and the other, "We Worry About the Wrong Things and It's Killing Us" http://www.avweb.com/news/pilotlounge/pilots_lounge_122_we_worry_about_the_wrong_things_196933-1.html "My friend just can't figure out why we Americans so blithely accept the true risks we face while continuing to smoke, over-eat, not wear seatbelts and not raise heck about hospital procedures, yet we get ourselves all in a twitter over the low risk items and take all sorts of expensive and often-redundant preca