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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the link. Looks like a high-speed stall and mushed into the ground when he tried to pull out of the loop.


13 posted on 08/22/2015 10:43:29 AM PDT by zot
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Seven dead in Shoreham Airshow disaster:

Jet crashes into cars on A27 and explodes after skimming the trees during loop-the-loop

A fighter jet smashed into cars on busy road in front of thousands of horrified spectators at Shoreham Airshow

Seven people died and 14 were injured in the horrific crash with one patient fighting for his life in hospital

The pilot, named locally as Andy Hill, was pulled from the burning wreckage and is now recovering in hospital

Witnesses described seeing thick black smoke in sky moments after Hawker Hunter took part in display

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207016/Pilot-pulled-burning-wreckage-plane-crashes-Shoreham-Airshow.html#ixzz3jZEat4LJ Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

14 posted on 08/22/2015 10:48:04 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: zot

Too early to assign cause, but clearly not a stall. Under control, no wing rock or flutter, this means the pilot misjudged a) the top of his loop altitude (too low), b) sink rate, c)altitude to recover, or any combination thereof.

High speed stall. . .not sure what that means. Are you referring to an abrupt yank on the stick that results in disrupted airflow (stall)? It clearly was flying under control, no abrupt flight control input. . .it was a classic controlled light into ground.

Sad.


16 posted on 08/22/2015 11:31:57 AM PDT by Hulka
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