Saturday, June 22, 2013

Sitting on top of the world

Jane Wicker killed

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/22/plane-with-wing-walker-crashes-at-ohio-air-show/

You could almost guess what happened here.  The guy rolled the plane over too slow and got in an inverted cross-controlled stall spin situation.  There's no way out of a mistake like that.  Airspeed is your friend.  

In this case the altitude above you is no good and neither is the airspeed you don't have.  Crop dusting is much safer actually if you pay attention:





Airshow accidents result in dangerous aerobatics at low levels however all these people under rigorous training and are professionals.  It's just unfortunate...