Originally Posted by
LOMCEVAK
Your statement as quoted is not correct. In CAP403 it always has been, and sill is, permissible to commence a loop from the Flypast minima. AH was above his for the final manoeuvre. Where you can fly below SERA 5005 minima and down to your DA minima is a separate issue for which there was considerable ambiguity at the time of the accident. As a Hunter DAE, I consider the minimum entry speed for a singleton Hunter T7 to pull up for a complete loop is 350 KIAS. AH pulled up at 310 +/- 15 KIAS.
The few hundred feet too low, witness the result. There is no doubt that 350kts with 2 notches of flap AND full power the T7 would loop fairly comfortably with a current pilot at the controls!! What is current, that is for you "experts" to decide?