The report on the plane crash near the Hove Lagoon (Argus, July 30) implied the pilot took off from Shoreham airport to fly over people and buildings despite the plane's instruments not giving 100 per cent safety readings.

This underlines the folly of the airport's location, close to built-up areas. The land it occupies would make a fine venue for those other high-flyers whose action would not have such dire consequences for those on the ground - the seagulls.

-Denis J.K. Miller, St Marks Crescent, Sompting