[Moose4]

Looks to me like a classic stall-spin at low altitude. Slow speed, steep turn -- watch how the inside wing drops and it snaps right over.

Yep. Makes sense to me. It looked like the inside (left) wing stalled in the turn, wouldn't that cause the plane to snap-roll over to the left like it did?

Looking at the second angle from the MSNBC footage, it looked like the pilot almost had enough room to get it pulled out--maybe another two or three hundred feet was all he needed. But I'm not a pilot and am just guessing.

}:-)4

[wrench]

The video appears to show an accelerated stall at low altitude. Look at the vapor trails off the wing leading edge, and the indicated angle of attack. The wing was stalling. Conditions at the airshow site may have been hotter/higher and or more humid than practice conditions.

The aircraft is probably marginal in its ability to execute this manouver this close to the ground. High density altitude may have been the ultimate unduing.

[Tennessee_Bob]

But I'm not a pilot and am just guessing.

Congratulations! You're now qualified as a aviation commentator on any of the major news networks! Your contract will be mailed out within a week.!!

And no - that's not a slam against you or anyone else on here - I'm really (honest!) picking on the talking heads on television who see something like this and are instant experts, without even so much as a disclaimer as yours.

By the way - if you don't know anything about sea life, we could probably get you an entire show of your own. Personally (don't tell anyone), I'm working with MSNBC on my own show where I talk about brain surgery.