Yes Pete....that's what bugged me from the start.....why did he start the roll so low, and why was he so slow over the top?? And why wasn't he full burner on the way down? Power problem still has to be an issue...

Living only 18 miles from the end of the runway at Oshkosh, I have seen many F-16's jocks show their stuff during EAA week for the past 20+ years....I also have watched the Truax Field Squadron do their gunnery and bomb practice at a range about 90 minutes from here....Petenwell Lake region....also have seen many T-Bird shows, and never saw this maneuver done quite like the Captain did it this time....

As far as the T-Bird website description of the maneuvers: The military seems to lump all 1/2 rolls--1/2 - 5/8 loops into one category of Split-S, regardless of attitude prior to the roll....rolling in on the target, I guess...

FAI/Civa breaks them down for IAC and IMAC competition into 1/2 roll/1/2 loop from horizontal flight=Split S or 1/2 of a vertical S, 1/2 roll/1/2loop from a 45 upline=Reverse Cuban 8...actually is 5/8 loop if you recover to horizontal flight and not a 45 deg downline, and 1/2 roll/1/2 loop from a vertical line=humpty bump......looks like he was at about 1/2 between a Reverse Cuban and a Pull Humpty....

Tom