Shoreham air show horror

[HamiltonWest]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar ... d=11501535

[Ian Warren]

I seriously hate when that happens ... authorities really go overboard , 1988 was the worst year after the Ramstien AFB airshow crash.

From the that look off the video , looks he simply just mushed out ... nothing under the wings ... Hawker Hunters are well know for being a very forgiving aircraft.

[cowpatz]

Yes with this and the recent Gnat crash at another airshow I imagine the authorities will be reviewing airshows and that might be really unfortunate.
As well as the loss of life involved I hate seeing rare aircraft get destroyed needlessly like this. Displays of this type of aircraft need to be conducted at several mistakes high.

[Ian Warren]

One way off putting it ... the 'Black Ice' of the air, it is a pity about about the Hunter , I did not here about the Gnat .. be another disappointing loss.

[Charl]

Difficult to imagine how the pilot was pulled from the wreckage, alive.
It must've been pretty close to a near-miss event.

[Ian Warren]

Difficult to imagine how the pilot was pulled from the wreckage, alive.
It must've been pretty close to a near-miss event.

There is a well known account and photos , a Grumman Panther and a ramp strike on the .. from memory USS Phillipean Sea , literary snapped the aircraft in half and the cockpit module slid along the deck saving the pilot .