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Old 28th Mar 2019, 09:58
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Just to add a further thought to Easy Street's comments about being "maxed out". Please excuse the slight divergence form the main thread.

It is worth considering what happened to a Red Arrows pilot (Jon Egging) at the Bournemouth Air Show back in I think 2011. He died following a formation break to land. If I remember correctly the following C of I attributed at least some of the cause to possibly pulling too much G (up to 6G+) in trying to avoid flying over the built up part of Bournemouth and consequently became maxed out or CI to use the latest vernacular. For those that don't know, flying over that part of Bournemouth particularly in circuit or at low level is almost a hanging offence and I guess this was at the forefront of the Eggmans mind at that time.

I am not trying to relate the Bournemouth accident to the Shoreham and AH but just pointing out that even current military display pilots can run into trouble from time to time.

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