If the pilot's burns were that severe they would be unsurvivable. In my line of work we use the rule of nines and the baux score system to determine burns injuries and treatment given. There is also the inhalation of any flames to consider which further hampers the initial immediate emergency care. What a sad and tragic incident.
As an ww2 aviation enthusiast, I personally don't wish to see these type of shows stopped. If the powers that be applied a strict 'no loop policy' ......... there would be a significant decrease in accidents. I have noticed from years gone by that quite a number of aircraft crashes have resulted from doing loops. This puts way too much stress on old aircraft. You will notice that the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster performs very gentle routines to ensure no undue 'G' forces affect the aircraft. Slow turns and easy straight runs and fly bys will keep the old girl in the air for some time yet.
How about if they do a loop the loop higher up to give themselves more margin for error Aussie? From the video footage it looked like he nearly pulled out of it but ran out of airspace and hit the ground relatively flat.
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It seems the type of aircraft is irrelevant, I've seen jets, spitfires, all different types of planes run out of air space, attempting such an act. Now that you have posted the image from the paper, to do such a 'trick' whilst so close / heading towards a main road, shows gross error by the pilot. any flying / performing, should only be done over 'vacant / open' land. Hindsight is a marvelous thing but having seen that image direction from the paper, it was an accident waiting to happen, if not this year, maybe the next. Very sad circumstances indeed.
Just off topic but still relevant in a sense .............. many aircrew were burnt whilst flying in ww2. In their wisdom, the RAF would immediately demote any crew member who burnt and could not perform their duties. Just one of the reasons my father refused to talk about the war and march each Anzac Day.
A tragedy, but time should be taken to assess the details of the specific incident before knee-jerk decisions are made about airshows in general. More importantly at this time, RIP to those who lost their lives and deepest sympathies to their friends, colleagues and relatives.
Exactly it has touched a lot of people this … seeing the reaction of people first hand that have a direct connection to this accident has certainly affected me. The bodies not even recovered and people including us/me on here need to discuss the rights and wrongs of air shows. The modern blame culture of UK today has become crazy … everyone revelled in the drama of accident. The other thing is i have found that people then seem to start babbling on about what would of happened if they had left five minutes earlier or later etc … A wedding car that didn't arrive and so it seems right to then run a story about the wedding and inconvenience that caused them … make no mistake I bet the driver name was **** before they knew about the accident. I was shocked to read at the end of the new story that the driver was still missing … **** a duck! To those people speculating on possible events that could of happened … it could of been a lot worse it could of crashed on you. Wasted fluff everywhere including inside my brain Sod the connections it has made me look differently at this since Saturday and the outcome is a simple respect
