Howdy,
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, David Hillman wrote:
> He was just showing off after the event. Those aren't even race
> tires, they are just demonstration tires. He did a handful of doughnuts
> after the event, and sent a huge cloud of red smoke drifting across an
> active ANG runway ( although admittedly, I didn't see a plane take-off
> or land all weekend, so the ANG must have been off for the holiday ).
>
> No one I talked to thought it was cool. No one over the age of 12,
> anyway. If anyone pulled a stunt like that at any local event, they'd
> be kicked out, and if they ever showed up again, we'd probably call the
> police.
Oh, relax.
_I_ thought it was neat. I'd rather have seen the tires demonstrated by
someone actually drifting, but it was cool to see.
He also clearly had official permission/whatever to do the demonstration.
Equating it to someone "pulling a stunt" is pretty stupid.
Mark
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