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Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« on: June 22, 2013, 07:00:37 PM »
Video of crash at the link. I hate armchair quarterbacking where lives were lost, but from the video it sure looks like it would have been recoverable with some more altitude.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/22/plane-with-wing-walker-crashes-at-ohio-air-show/
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 07:35:29 PM »
Looks like it stalled when he put it upside down.
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2013, 07:59:07 PM »
Watched the video earlier several times.  Looked like he got crossed up on the controls once he started going inverted.
A damned shame, regardless.  Two people die tragically, and thousands got to witness their deaths.

eta:  Read statements in news stories where a couple of pilots who witnessed the crash think he stalled it while inverted.
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2013, 09:40:24 AM »
Yeah, watching it a couple of times, sure looks like he started to stall when he hadn't gone fully inverted.  Dunno if continuing the roll into fully inverted would have helped, but I think trying to roll it back may have killed what little lift he had left.
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2013, 10:38:35 AM »
Article said that he was an experienced pilot who had done that manuever hundreds or thousands of times  =|
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2013, 12:59:03 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on June 23, 2013, 10:38:35 AM
Article said that he was an experienced pilot who had done that manuever hundreds or thousands of times  =|

Yes .... the captain of the Titanic had made that same voyage   .....    well, "many" times.  It was in fact to be his last Atlantic crossing before retirement.
Experience is great....but it's no proof against error.
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2013, 09:08:13 PM »
Looks to me like the plane was heading towards the crowd and the pilot tried to abort the manuever but ran out of altitude.
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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2013, 11:14:14 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on June 23, 2013, 10:38:35 AM
Article said that he was an experienced pilot who had done that manuever hundreds or thousands of times  =|

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Re: Pilot and Stunt Walker Killed at Dayton Airshow
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2013, 08:32:29 AM »
Quote from: GigaBuist on June 24, 2013, 11:14:14 PM
Ever miss the toilet when taking a piss?  Don't care how often you do something eventually you will make a mistake.

Maybe he sneezed  =|
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