"Mike Marron" wrote

My primary question is why he didn't abort the Split-S
and simply continue the roll at the top of the maneuver and perform
an Immelmann instead of pressing on with the Split-S?

He would have had to buy the first round at the club for missing the
maneuver, and everyone would have bought him a round if he somehow
pulled it out of his ***. Ah well, no one went to the club that day...