On 2023-05-04 14:58, Thomas E. wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:01:36 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
>> On 2023-05-02 06:55, Thomas E. wrote:
>>> On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:17:15 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2023-04-28 08:32, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 1:16:18 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
>>>>>> On 2023-04-26 05:58, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 1:31:33 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2023-04-25 10:04, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:33:49 PM UTC-4, Alan
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2023-04-25 07:55, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:45:16 AM UTC-4,
>>>>>>>>>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'This whole racing-a-car-thing should be easy,
>>>>>>>>>>>> right? After all, everyone drives.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wait a minute. I’ve had ex-Navy SEALs, current and
>>>>>>>>>>>> former Major League Baseball pitchers, brain
>>>>>>>>>>>> surgeons, and even rocket scientists tell me that
>>>>>>>>>>>> racing a car is the hardest thing they’ve ever
>>>>>>>>>>>> done.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If you were to ask someone who has never raced how
>>>>>>>>>>>> hard they think it Would be, they’ll likely relate
>>>>>>>>>>>> it to having driven a mountain highway, or across
>>>>>>>>>>>> the country. I’ve received responses like, “How
>>>>>>>>>>>> hard could it be? I drive every day, and it’s not
>>>>>>>>>>>> hard.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That’s the problem.'
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://imola.motorsportreg.com/coachs-corners-why-racing-is-so-different-and-difficult/>
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>> Oh, and:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> 'Racing is much closer to flying fighter jets. All
>>>>>>>>>>>> those other things I’ve done in the sky are, at
>>>>>>>>>>>> most, flying’s version of driving the twisties on
>>>>>>>>>>>> the Tail of the Dragon, or Highway 1 in Northern
>>>>>>>>>>>> California. In other words, it’s nothing like it.'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Apples and oranges. Try a non-precision approach in a
>>>>>>>>>>> 172 to minimums with a 20 knot crosswind at night in
>>>>>>>>>>> heavy rain. That will get your attention. What I did
>>>>>>>>>>> yesterday not so much, but does take training.
>>>>>>>>>> And, as usual, you think you know more than someone who
>>>>>>>>>> is both a pilot and an accomplished racing driver, and
>>>>>>>>>> highly respect racing driving coach (having raced in
>>>>>>>>>> the Indy 500, and finishing 2nd in the 24 Hours of
>>>>>>>>>> Daytona)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A man who has literally done both told you which he
>>>>>>>>>> feels is more challenging.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But you know better.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (The little shit's self-centred essay snipped)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Apples and oranges. Very different challenges and
>>>>>>>>> training. Both are potentially deadly to the unlucky,
>>>>>>>>> untrained, and unprepared. I really do not think you can
>>>>>>>>> compare which is more difficult. Just too different.
>>>>>>>> But you, who do not do both...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ...know better than someone who does...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ...right, Little Shit?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My point is that you are not capable of the flying I do
>>>>>>>>> on a routine basis. I am not capable of winning the auto
>>>>>>>>> races you run. Could I drive around the track at
>>>>>>>>> something faster than everyday speeds in my car. Yes. But
>>>>>>>>> compete? No.
>>>>>>>> "Something faster than every day speeds"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOLOLOLOLOL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Race driving is the equivalent of "a non-precision approach
>>>>>>>> in a 172 to minimums with a 20 knot crosswind at night in
>>>>>>>> heavy rain."...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ...every time you go through a corner.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As for my trip description it's no more self-serving
>>>>>>>>> than your bragging race narratives. Can't wait to read
>>>>>>>>> the next one, if there is one.
>>>>>>>> Well as I currently have a hernia awaiting surgery, I'm
>>>>>>>> afraid you'll have to wait until June.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BTW, I see that as of today the subject of my last email
>>>>>>>>> is still an open issue. Are you ever going to resolve it?
>>>>>>>>> I'm checking on a regular basis.
>>>>>>>> You're continuing to stalk?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course, you cited only one sports person with relevant
>>>>>>> experience claiming that racing is more difficult than
>>>>>>> driving. Go ask Thurmon Munson. He was catcher for the
>>>>>>> Yankees for 11 years and 7-time All Star.
>>>>>> Why would Thurmon Munson be able to add anything of relevance
>>>>>> to the discussion, Little Shit?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, you can't. He died in 1979 when he crashed his Cessna.
>>>>>>> He made a mistake performing what should have been a routine
>>>>>>> landing in good weather.
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurman_Munson#Death
>>>>>> So he wasn't a very good pilot?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was giving a CAP mission pilot (not FAA) checkride to a
>>>>>>> highly experienced pilot who made the same mistake in a 172.
>>>>>>> I caught it and made him do a go-around. He actually
>>>>>>> verbalized flaps down from the landing checklist and then
>>>>>>> never extended the flaps. That, plus other issues I saw, and
>>>>>>> he is no longer flying for CAP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for the rest, like I said you cannot make comparisons
>>>>>>> like driving through a race course curve versus an
>>>>>>> instrument approach. Race driving is more intense, flying
>>>>>>> gives you more time. More time right up to the point where
>>>>>>> accumulated errors kill you. The Swiss cheese of errors. Look
>>>>>>> it up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you have no meaningful personal experience with piloting
>>>>>>> aircraft you are just plain lying making any person
>>>>>>> judgements on how difficult it can be.
>>>>>> I quoted someone who DOES have personal experience, Little
>>>>>> Shit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for your open issue, it's just very interesting, very much
>>>>>>> in the public domain, and potentially very damning to your
>>>>>>> CSMA/RSG reputation. Just fix it and it ceases to be an
>>>>>>> issue. It's has been dragging on for years after all. :-)
>>>>>> Or you could just not stalk people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hernia? I had one repaired a few years back in 2017. It was
>>>>>>> almost painless and no activity restrictions. It took all of
>>>>>>> a week from diagnosis to surgery. I was on the way to
>>>>>>> hospital when the famous CRV incident occurred. But you have
>>>>>>> health care waiting lines in Canada. :) Too bad. If you lived
>>>>>>> here you would already have that fixed. :)
>>>>>> If I had your health insurance... ...or was rich.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the subject of flying, my issue is that you are inserting the
>>>>> competitive element of racing in a car compared to flying. Let's
>>>>> level the field by looking at the aircraft race records. The
>>>>> only long-term case available is Reno, and this year is the last
>>>>> one. Some the last year issue is due to so many fatal accidents.
>>>>> Here is the record of those Reno Air Race fatal accidents. How
>>>>> many fatal accidents has your SCCBC race circuit had in its
>>>>> existence?
>>>> And as usual, you try and rewrite the narrative.
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember what started this debt, you Lying Little Shit.
>>>>
>>>> I think you do.
>>>
>>> Debt? Freudian slip? Confusing this conversation with a certain debt
>>> you owe? :-)
>>>
>>> I do remember, but as I have also stated you are comparing race cars
>>> to non race flying. My point continues to be that flying can be as
>>> intense as racing cars, but admittedly for brief periods. An
>>> apple-to-apples race car/aircraft comparison shows that aircraft are
>>> likely more intense and dangerous than cars. Consider that racing
>>> aircraft can routinely pull 7 g or more. Look at that Reno fatal
>>> accident record. High g forces break things.
>> That's not the way this went down.
>>
>> I was talking about my racing and you tried to suggest that your general
>> aviation flying was the greater pastime.
>>
>> I brought up that it requires far less focus and concentration that racing.
>>
>> And you argued endlessly that I was wrong.
>>
>> Now you want to drag the goalposts to an activity you have NEVER DONE.
>>>
>>> Of course you also have essentially zero flying experience while I
>>> have raced go karts and once drove a Nascar Sportsman car for 30
>>> minutes on a short oval.
>> Wow.
>>
>> 30 minutes, huh? How close to the limit? Did you spin even once?
>
> YOU changed the goalposts by quoting a race car driver for support. And no, I did not spin.

Nope.

The subject was always racing vs the kind of flying YOU DO, Little Shit.

And if you didn't spin, you weren't pushing limit.

Pushing the limit is what you do in road racing...

....all...

....the...

....time.