L-39 crashes at TICO

[Hub & Diane Plott]

L-39 Albatross crashed at the TICO airshow in Titusville this afternoon
while performing a loop. Witnesses said he couldn't pull out. Pictures show
the plane completely destroyed.Pilot was killed!

[Robert[_2_]]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:21:23 -0400, "Hub & Diane Plott"
> wrote:

>L-39 Albatross crashed at the TICO airshow in Titusville this afternoon
>while performing a loop. Witnesses said he couldn't pull out. Pictures show
>the plane completely destroyed.Pilot was killed!
>


More:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-crash1707mar17,0,3342537.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
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Robert
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[john smith]

Back in the early 90's when ICAS and the FAA implimented their ACE
aerobatic certification program, each pilot was supposed to be tested by
a more knowledgeable, experienced performer before being given
accredidation to perform at a given aerobatic level in airshows.
So far, this program has been a disappointment in that it has failed to
adequately screen performers.

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
john smith > wrote:

> Back in the early 90's when ICAS and the FAA implimented their ACE
> aerobatic certification program, each pilot was supposed to be tested by
> a more knowledgeable, experienced performer before being given
> accredidation to perform at a given aerobatic level in airshows.
> So far, this program has been a disappointment in that it has failed to
> adequately screen performers.

I understand that several VAC officials BEGGED him not to fly his
routine yesterday, as the ceilings were too low.

What I heard was that he did a loop, with the top in the clouds, then
intended to do a Cuban Eight and apparently lost orientation at the top,
in the clouds, and failed to recover.

[john smith]

In article >,
Orval Fairbairn > wrote:

> In article >,
> john smith > wrote:
>
> > Back in the early 90's when ICAS and the FAA implimented their ACE
> > aerobatic certification program, each pilot was supposed to be tested by
> > a more knowledgeable, experienced performer before being given
> > accredidation to perform at a given aerobatic level in airshows.
> > So far, this program has been a disappointment in that it has failed to
> > adequately screen performers.
>
> I understand that several VAC officials BEGGED him not to fly his
> routine yesterday, as the ceilings were too low.
>
> What I heard was that he did a loop, with the top in the clouds, then
> intended to do a Cuban Eight and apparently lost orientation at the top,
> in the clouds, and failed to recover.

Every airshow waiver from the FAA has a ceilings and visibility section
defining the minimums. If the conditions of the waiver were not met and
the airshow was being conducted, someone has some questions to answer.

[Bruce R]

The pilot in question is Elion Krugman-Kadi a former Israeli Fighter pilot
and Faculty Flight Instructor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
Skill level was high as was his competency with the l-39. However in the
never ending battle between hunks of aluminum traveling at many hundreds of
miles per hour and the ground traveling at 0 miles per hour, the ground has
yet to lose. If anyone is interested I will post the missing man flight
from this afternoon's show in honor of Elion.


Bruce R


"john smith" > wrote in message
...
> Back in the early 90's when ICAS and the FAA implimented their ACE
> aerobatic certification program, each pilot was supposed to be tested by
> a more knowledgeable, experienced performer before being given
> accredidation to perform at a given aerobatic level in airshows.
> So far, this program has been a disappointment in that it has failed to
> adequately screen performers.

[Hub & Diane Plott]

Please do so!
"Bruce R" > wrote in message
...
> The pilot in question is Elion Krugman-Kadi a former Israeli Fighter pilot
> and Faculty Flight Instructor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
> Skill level was high as was his competency with the l-39. However in the
> never ending battle between hunks of aluminum traveling at many hundreds
> of miles per hour and the ground traveling at 0 miles per hour, the ground
> has yet to lose. If anyone is interested I will post the missing man
> flight from this afternoon's show in honor of Elion.
>
>
> Bruce R
>
>
> "john smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Back in the early 90's when ICAS and the FAA implimented their ACE
>> aerobatic certification program, each pilot was supposed to be tested by
>> a more knowledgeable, experienced performer before being given
>> accredidation to perform at a given aerobatic level in airshows.
>> So far, this program has been a disappointment in that it has failed to
>> adequately screen performers.
>
>

[Bruce R]

"Hub & Diane Plott" > wrote in message
...
> Please do so!
> "Bruce R" > wrote in message
>. If anyone is interested I will post the missing man
>> flight from this afternoon's show in honor of Elion.
>>

Here you go. Video is reduced a lot to make for a small file size.

Bruce R