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To: SlickWillard
Just looked at the video.
Wow.
Hi-G turn, followed by a nosedive and an almost gentle nosedive, resulting in an attitude that the pilot HAD to know couldn't be recovered from (such a low altitude). My initial uninformed comment. . .I think G-LOC ("black out") and the jet went in. No mechanical malfunction.
Now, to be sure I'd like to know his exact planned flight profile before I can make a more forceful determination.
4 posted on 07/28/2002 1:43:46 PM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: Gunrunner2
The pilot ejected, so no black out. Probably engine stall and too steep and angle to recover. You can't overfly the crowd on airshows as a crash endangers the spectators.
10 posted on 07/28/2002 2:02:37 PM PDT by RicocheT
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To: Gunrunner2
If the pilot B'dout, how could he have ejected? Does the co-pilot have a control to set them both through the canope?
27 posted on 07/28/2002 4:20:09 PM PDT by b4its2late
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