What would Mr.Leeward say if he was interviewed today? Do you think he would blame his Crew or anyone else?
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Maybe he would say that fate intervened, and that his crew was the very best, and that his airplane was ready to race. Maybe he would say that life can sometimes be wonderful beyond description and rarely but surely so cruel as to be beyond understanding.
We'll never know, nor should we.
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What a terrible waste that would be, and really a poorly thought out thing to say. Every accident deserves to be understood and learned from to prevent another such occurrence from ever happening again.
They know the Game their Playing and so do the folks that show up to what ch a Race.
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I think Mr. Leeward, may he rest in peace, understood perfectly the risk he was taking, and I believe he would never endanger the race spectators under any circumstances, ever.
120 races prior to this, error free. These guys are to be complimented, not degraded.
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Where has anyone in this thread spoken out and degraded anyone else living or deceased regarding this tragedy. The airplanes are hot, the pilots and ground crew top professionals in their field. I believe that people who go to see these races do not typically believe their lives are at any sort of unusual or heightened risk. What happened there that day is a perfect example of life being unpredictable and without guarantee of safety, for anyone.