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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! |
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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! Mo http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...home-headlines --- Robert http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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![]() "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 |
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