You know, I’m just a little surprised at some people who get on the bandwagon of criticising the Yak pilot, when they were not there and make a judgement based on a poor piece of video. Yet when someone witnesses an accident that clearly involves pilot misjudgement, (twice), they are criticised by those same folks who wish to wait for the official enquiry, and don’t wish to hear the views of others, and oh “it could not have been the pilots fault”. We can’t have it both ways.
I agree with that Tempest nut.
Whilst my first post was rather flippant, I said in my second post, it seems a little harsh to call the pilot an idiot or a fool for a supposedly ‘Reckless Manoeuvre’ when it was most likely an error of judgement.
After all humans aren’t 100% all the time are they!
It’s obvious to me that he never intended to come that close to the ground during the pullout. Maybe he had some kind of distraction during the wingover or it wasn’t going right from the start. At least in this incident, he can say that he was lucky to live another day and review his close call. And I think it is fair to say that if the FAA or display organisers weren’t happy with his flying, they would not have allowed him to fly the next day.
One thing that has come to light again during this discussion is that people are still arguing the toss that aerobatics are more risky than a non-aerobatic display. :confused:
Actually, the risk lies in flying these machines at all.
I think Ray Hanna hit the nail on the head when he said that people who want to see so called ‘Flat’ or low energy displays, have a lack of understanding of energy management and display flying in general, and that displays of this type can actually induce more problems for the pilots.
Maybe some of the display pilots who post here can add their views or comments.
Cheers
Paul
Sign In
