Tragic accident yesterday at an air-show in Hungary

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balogh wrote:George, had it not happened in Hungary, I would not have posted it...unfortunately not so many years ago a similar accident took place here with more casualties...but we know of similar tragedies around the world, something is wrong with these airshows...

batjac wrote:I don't understand why they stopped the roll and reversed it at the last moment.  Doesn't look like aileron reversal.  I don't even know if that is possible with the T-28 wing.  If they'd finished the roll the crash may have been averted, or at least minimized and the people on the ground uninjured.

Kim wrote:Speculating like everyone else, but it almost seems like a hesitation started while inverted, maybe caused by one of the pilots being improperly strapped in and fowling the controls by falling into them.

One of my warbird heroes, Howard Purdue, died in his Bearcat during a high performance take-off-to-roll.  Seems like I read that he'd forgotten to latch his harness, and fell to the "top" of the canopy when the air loads went negative.

Don't know how true it was then, or in this case, but certainly a possibility.

Been a rough time for air shows and warbirds.

balogh wrote:A family of 4 were viewing the show next to their car that was set ablaze when the plane crashed and its fuel exploded... and 3 of them suffered serious burns, the youngest kid still in critical condition.

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