Jim Cattanach

Luis said the canopy came off the jet. Quote:- In the fourth flight, I put a video camera in the pilot seat to record the flight, in this flight i did loops, rolls, etc, when I was flying the plane and made a Knife edge flight the cockpit pull of from the plane. unquote. Just after all hell broke loose, you can see broken canopy edges in the video.

All during the video, you can see a lot of movement in the canopy, yet the Hud is rock steady. If the canopy departed the jet, or shattered, then the sudden inrush of air, may have caused a loss of control.