Franklin Newton wrote:

Yes, that's right, no BS, the propeller and the forward part of the
crankshaft departed the airplane.I saw a video of it, with sound, and
believe me there is absolutly no one in the world that has as much "cool" as
Sean D. Tucker, it was just like this happened all the time, every day, and
he made a perfect landing, all while reasurring his student that things
would be fine. There's no better stick than Sean.

Fellow airshow ace Mike Goulian (who's also a good pal of Sean) also had an
engine quit in a bad spot a number of years ago. I think it was during practice
in Texas just before one of the aerobatic championships. He came out of it ok,
but it sounded like it took a hell of a lot of skill to do it. Both of those
guys are awesome and every now and then they perform together.