Maybe, but it could also have been a broken control.
R.I.P.
Some of these sports can be pretty daring. It raises philosophical questions of why man does what he does. Ultimately it traces to spirituality. Psychology can only tell us how, spirituality tells us why.
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Very sad .... RIP
The stunt is entertaining but allows no room for error. The pilot and his wing walker died doing what they loved to do. May they rest in peace.
You can tempt fate all you like, but in the end everyone obeys the laws of physics. Perhaps someone can explain why a rational person would participate in such stunts. Truly brave people simply do not behave that way.
Turns out the her ex-husband was the pilot and she was enganged to “Rock” her mechanic. All theories aside, their children lost both parents.
Oh, how sad! A wing-walker whom we had seen perform here died a couple of years ago, after being burned when the plane’s engine caught fire. What an incredibly dangerous occupation!
As someone said below, we can only guess why people do this.
Couldn’t pay me to watch such an idiotic thing.
Just got back from an air show.
I must admit, some of the stunts are nuts.
Damn shame.
The Dayton airshow is a goody.
A stunt pilot in an air show over downtown Pittsburgh lost control of his biplane and plunged into the Ohio River as thousands of people watched today.
The pilot, Clarence Speal, was flying a loop when both wings on the left side of his plane folded back.
Mr. Speal's wife, Audrey, was announcing his stunts over a loudspeaker at the show when he crashed. Witnesses said she had abruptly stopped talking as he fell out of the sky and begun crying.
Nightfall forced rescue workers to call off the search. The Coast Guard and city River Rescue personnel plan to resume on the search on Monday with sonar to pinpoint the wreckage.
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My kids had Clancy's signed pics in their bedrooms.
We were nearby when it happened. Heard the sound of the wings snap.
Was working in news and did the story.
When the wreck was pulled from the Ohio River there was a tarp over the cockpit. Even so some of us in the news were able to see it.
Not something you want to see. Amazing how fragile a human body is and how it is destroyed on impact with water.
There seemed to be a control problem as they never got completely inverted. It looks like when the pilot realized they would hit the crowd he rolled back the other way as to avoid a larger disaster. God bless them.
Stall with 125 lbs out on your wingtip .
Too slow, too low....
‘...Flying Circus Airshow in Bealeton, Va...”
I went there a couple years ago. Bet it was her doing the stunts.
RIP.
How terrible. Just so sad and horrific.
My prayers to their families and their friends.