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(Video) Shoreham Air Show Crash
A Hawker Hunter plane has crashed while performing at the Shoreham Air Show. (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
LOOP WAS EXECUTING IN LOW SPEED AND ALTITUDE. IT WAS NOT PROFESSIONAL MANEUVRE.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215163/Family-confirm-motorcyclist-killed-Shoreham-air-disaster-fianc-e-pays-heartbreaking-tribute-best-friend-soulmate-sidekick.html
Keeping the potential paths away from spectators is a good call. Healthy, highly skilled, by-the-book pilots is another good call. Well maintained aircraft is not a bad thing. Outside of this, shit happens, but it will be rare if the other items are covered. I love air shows, and I love people. Let's just pray for those who died and for the family and other loved ones they left behind. And pray for what may have been if those who died had not. Finally, pray that lessons are learned that will make such events a memory of the past.
I know Shoreham Airport well.
It was my first GA airport starting when I was 12. Back then it was an all grass field. The road is a motorway that I've driven hundreds of times in my life. The Hunter has always been one of my favorite jets ever since airshows at RAF Chivenor.
This hits close to home.
It was my first GA airport starting when I was 12. Back then it was an all grass field. The road is a motorway that I've driven hundreds of times in my life. The Hunter has always been one of my favorite jets ever since airshows at RAF Chivenor.
This hits close to home.
Bad for all involved... My prayers go out to all of those affected...
This accident illustrates why all US airshows are conducted away from people on the ground with strict lines of flight.. people on the ground should never be at risk. It look like he failed to initiate his pull out in time.. RIP to these folks.
FYI The plane didn't crash in the audience. Unfortunately it crashed on a nearby highway.
It is best to get the facts right, before you make a comment. Look at the map first. The aircraft was flying over the airfield more or less parallel to the 25-07 runway, not even close to populated areas.
People on the ground are not really at risk during airshows. I think you can put it in the same bracket as people visiting motorsport events. If a car crashes through a barrier then people are at risk too. But what is the comment then ?? Oh...so and so died when a racing car landed on top of him, Ok, the show must go on. No, this accident was purely that. If you look at the flight path, then you can feel what happened. During the pull out the outer wing sections stalled, causing the center of pressure move forward, making the nose of the aircraft go up, causing more of the wing to stall and the aircraft literally stopped flying. It moved down because of the stall and forward under its engine thrust.
People on the ground are not really at risk during airshows. I think you can put it in the same bracket as people visiting motorsport events. If a car crashes through a barrier then people are at risk too. But what is the comment then ?? Oh...so and so died when a racing car landed on top of him, Ok, the show must go on. No, this accident was purely that. If you look at the flight path, then you can feel what happened. During the pull out the outer wing sections stalled, causing the center of pressure move forward, making the nose of the aircraft go up, causing more of the wing to stall and the aircraft literally stopped flying. It moved down because of the stall and forward under its engine thrust.