This was a horrible accident.
The Pilot from what i have read was and expert aviator.
From what i have read from experts the pilot actually performed a manuver during the crash to save the grandstand and hundreds of lives.
RIP
It seems lately that there have been a lot of mishaps at these air shows in recent times.
Very dangerous stunts involved.
I’m thinking i’ll just watch this crazy stuff on tv on my couch and just hope a camera lens doesn’t come crashing through my roof.
I read that... he indeed did all he could to save others.
A few years ago my wife and I were at the Reno Air Races. We were sitting high in the stands and she was pointing down to the box seats, wondering how we could get seats down there in front. Now she knows they're VIP seats, and after this crash she says the high seats are close enough. Saddened to see so many serious injuries. Nothing like seeing it live, but fear this is the end of the shows.
“From what i have read from experts the pilot actually performed a manuver during the crash to save the grandstand and hundreds of lives.”
I believe that is all feel-good talk to make the pilot’s relatives feel better. One second he has a mechanical failure severe enough to make him violently pitch up completely out of control, and spin and loop, and a half second later we are to believe that he once again has control and is steering the plane for the best possible spot to crash, given his choices. I doubt it.
Chuck Yeager mentioned this very thing in his book. The stories in newspapers often mention how the heroic pilot steers his plane away from the crowded parking lot or school bus stop and crashes in a field. Yeager said a pilot about to crash would attempt A and if that didn’t work he would attempt B and if that didn’t work he would attem CRASH.