ORIGINAL: wingspar
''This accident has little in common with the Buff that went in at Fairchild AFB''
really?
Both Low and Slow at a near 90 degree bank.
I have to agree. I see many things in common, including the lack of discipline on the parts of the pilots that allowed them to stray so far from safety procedure and parameters.
I love aviation. Most everything about it. I have to admit, these needless fatalities upset me. Aviation is so about procedure, checks, and rechecks, redundancy in systems, thinking ahead and not in the moment, ongoing education and practice, and even at air shows, planes are never to be taken intentionally out of there envelope of safe operation. No need to, as most military aircraft are capable of impressive maneuvers as it is.
Hopefully, military airshow pilots, that tend to push the envelope more and more, will take incidents like this to heart. The crowd will still enjoy the show, and everyone will go home happy, if only you remember your training and respect the limitations every man and every man-made thing has.
Be safe.................PLEASE