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The tab on the right elevator half was fixed. The angle of incidence had not been changed. (HUGE mistake) The initial roll to the left was a result of wake turbulence. It happened at the same time the trim tab failed. I have seen a video taken from right at pylon 8 inside the course and you can see the tab fail right before he gets rocked by the turbulence.

A friend of ours from the Voodoo team just posted a new video of the accident as seen from his view on top of their transporter. It does not show the impact. What it does show is rather interesting. The first pitching move the aircraft made while still banked over is the hardest pull of the whole sequence. The tail wheel is starting to come out before it rolls level and makes the pitch up. The tail also flexes a lot while this is happening. You can hear the flutter starting (remember the sound is delayed due to the distance from the camera) as it goes up. Also, Jimmy is not visible in the canopy as it rolls level. It is pretty clear the trim tab linkage broke and that caused it's first move. Then as it went up, the flutter set in, and the tab departed just as it started the roll over the top. As far as the seat failing, even if it did it would have had no affect on the accident. They had some sort of tank mounted to the bottom of the seat and as I understand it, that tank sat on the floor as well, so the seat could not have collapsed downward. You can see the video here: http://vimeo.com/29519344

Jet Ranger?

This was a terrible weekend. On top of the wing walker, we also lost Bryan Jensen when he spun it at the Kansas City Air Show in his Pitts "The Beast". The Red Arrows lost a pilot to an airshow crash, and a mid air in NJ claimed the life of an aerobatic competitor. Blue Skies to all

Yes. I also know the pilot gave different excuses to different people. Everything from the brakes failed to the canopy was fogged over. I also talked to a friend that is currently flying F-15s after flying 16s. He looked at the videos and said that one, he landed hot. Then he kept the power on too long to carry the nose high further down the runway. Once he finally set the nose down, he was at the point of no return and was going off the end no matter what condition the brakes were in. Also, normal procedure calls for the pilot to put the throttle in idle detent once on the runway, and then hands off the throttle until clear of the active, or until a burst of power is needed if you slow too much. If you watch the video closely, as soon as it runs in the grass and hit the hole, the nozzle movement indicates that the throttle has been moved to a high power setting. He still had his hand on the throttle and when he got thrown forward in the cockpit, he moved the throttle to a high power setting. I'm just glad he didn't punch out. That would have been a mess.

I don't know how serious you are about that. 18/36 at OSH is very long. Like 8000'. They lengthened it back in the late 80s for the Concorde. I was being somewhat sarcastic... to have two planes being flown by what I'm sure are very well qualified people roll off the runway, within a few hours... Ok. But I'll question how "well qualified" they are if they overrun an 8000' runway (although I realize the F-16 lost it's brakes). Well, more than me! The F-16 didn't lose his brakes. That one was 100% pilot error. The F-4J Fury that ran off did lose his.

I wouldn't say they always do, but it can happen. One of my coolest flying experiences happened on a cross country in a Spartan Executive that took us through a MOA. When we called for clearance to fly through, we were approved, but told to be on the lookout for a few military aircraft working low level. About half way across the MOA, two A-10s came up in formation with us. They flew along side for a few minutes, gave us a thumbs up and went on their way.

I got to fly in SF back in Jan. It was my first and only time in a tunnel, but I had a blast and learned a lot. I'm planning to hit up The Denver tunnel for a weekend in Oct.

CHP would probably stake it out and ticket swoopers for speeding....

I think lottery winnings are taxed differently than regular income in the states. I think I remember hearing it is almost 50%.

It's a death trap anyway.

That's the one. I'm still trying to find out if there is still one in the US painted in those same markings. There was, but I think it may have been changed. It's kind of like all of the ones that have been painted as Glamorous Glen III over the years, and the much over used Lou IV scheme. We jokingly refer to the latest one as Lou IV the 7th.

I don't believe so. IIRC that one is still stateside. The aircraft that was lost is Serial #:A68-192 Registry: G-HAEC. It was painted up as Glamorous Glen III previously. Rob Davies, who was flying it when the accident occurred, had recently sold the aircraft to Meier Motors in Germany.

I agree. The first shot was justified, after that, he crossed the line.

http://vimeo.com/26291756

Just what I thought. Anyone know what the Mustang damage was, (before it hit the ground)? The Mustang fuselage was heavily damaged just behind the doghouse / cooling door. Speculation is that the impact took out the elevator control cables. The Skyraider lost almost everything outboard of the wing fold point. As long as it didn't bend the spar in the center section they should be able to hang a new outer wing section and be good to go.

Those photos don't show how low he was. That was CLOSE....

I dont know what you are talking about... The only event I saw was when he did a light headbutt on a rider (I think Thor) on the run up to the mid stage sprint to stay behind the wheel of the guy in front.. If you gonna be stupid, better not get caught on camera. Ah...I didn't see that one. The only thing I saw was when he got separated from his team on a decent and another rider started squeezing him toward a barrier on the side of the road. He leaned over on the other rider, but there was no head but.

I can't believe they relegated Cavendish yesterday for leaning on the rider that was trying to run him into the barriers on a decent. Others were riding WAY more aggressively and got no penalty.

Then there is the story of Bill Caswell who entered a $500 BMW E-30 in a lower division of the WRC RallY Mexico a couple of years ago. If you have never read that story it is well worth it. http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers

Of course slow motion footage bundled with dramatic music is the recipe for an epic video. There is tons of hardcore driving from the Group B class in this video linked below, but one only needs to watch what the spectator had to do to save his bacon at the 4:30 mark to know this is extreme. I still don't understand how those crazy fans can stand only feet away from the action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRhxsLfj-I I miss Group B. The Lancia 037 is one of my favorite cars of all time. It was the last two wheel drive car to win a rally.

Yes TT motorcycle racing has to be pretty extreme as well. Just like Rally, but on two wheels instead of four with no navigator. I would argue that the Dakar Rally on a dirt bike is waaaay out there in terms of extreme. Definitely. Although it's not quite as crazy as it used to be when they ran on the African Continent.

IMHO the two most "Extreme" motorsports are the National Championship Air Races held in Reno each year, and the true TT style motorcycle road races like the Irish road races, and the Isle of Man TT.

If youtube is approaching you, then you are doing something right. Most people apply to them, and get turned down. It would be worth pursuing.

So I guess if you don't have a garage, you can't own a truck? Socialist bastards....