Jay;
I haven't looked at the film as I'm home with a dial up, but it sounds like
it was Hoof proudfoot's accident out of a second attempted roll during a
show in the UK. The accident investigation team attributed the probable
cause to a foul up between the yoke (the 38 has a yoke not a stick) and a
kneeboard Hoof was wearing on his left knee at the time.
Hoof was a very good demonstration pilot. he worked with Ray and Mark Hanna
on "Piece of Cake" and numerous other movies and had done demonstration
flying for years.
Dudley

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv

This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a
beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing
barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center.

Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s?
There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes...

Was it pilot error, or was there a mechanical failure? Where did this
happen? Can anyone point to the NTSB report?

Thanks,
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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