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James Gosling Report of Reno Air Crash

Posted by timothy on from the sad-day-in-nevada dept.

Earlier today, a tragic crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races killed at least 12 spectators, and left at least 75 injured. Reader xmas2003 writes with a link to Java creator James Gosling's first-hand account of the crash, which he describes as "better than most of what is being reported in mainstream media so far."

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  1. Re:Thought the potential of crashes was the point. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You totally misunderstand airshows.

    Being *live* at the field when a F-(insert any number here) flys by is no match for any theatre surround sound. It's also just beautiful to watch these things move.

    Then of course there are the antique aircraft. Yes, there are some "thrills" too, like wingwalking; but nobody wants to see a wingwalker die. I bet a significant portion of the crowd would like to try wingwalking just for the sheer experience of flying like a motorpowered bird on the outside.

    A pity that some people can't see anything other than bloodsport in all this. Their loss.