Air Display Crashes

[Jacyn Wade]

Keith, if he greyed out during the loop or if a problem occurred when he was inverted, he wouldn't have been able to eject. After the loop, he simply didn't have the altitude to eject. I believe the article Chris shared said the aircraft was a single seat.

After watching the video a couple more times, my husband thinks he began the manoeuvre too low to the ground, in which case pilot error is looking more likely. Of course, we won't know until the investigation is completed, which will take time.

Here is another statement made by the CAA: CAA statement on Shoreham Airshow incident | CAA Newsroom | About the CAA

And one can read accident reports at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch once they are available, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...igation-branch.

Jacyn

[Chris Allman]

Article on the pilot and the ejector seat HERE

Below is taken from the History of the Aircraft Hawker Hunter WV 372

The aircraft was a two-seat Hawker Hunter T7, registration G-BXFI. It was allowed to display its former military serial number WV372 as part of its colour scheme. Having first flown for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in July 1955, it was rebuilt following a fire, returning to service in 1959 after conversion to T7 specification. It had been making civilian display flights since 1998, under a variety of owners. At the time of the incident, it was owned by Graham Peacock based at North Weald Airfield, Essex.



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