Yes,
Treble One, I do believe the
Shoreham Herald, because Michael Drummond's account ties in with my own contemporaneous notes.
On the question of whether the CI became "suddenly 'unimpaired'", I can do no better than quote the evidence of the very experienced Chairman of the Shoreham Flying Control Committee, Derek Davis - who, interestingly, was on the stand as a prosecution witness. He said he thought the aircraft was not being controlled [in the descent from the apex], and that there was something wrong with either the aircraft or the pilot. He went on to say that there had been a violent pitch-up of the aircraft at about 100ft - but it kept going down. That was an indication that the pilot had plenty of back stick. He had a lot more elevator to use, indicating that he hadn’t used it before. Derek Davis thought that at 100ft [the pilot] saw something, and pulled in an attempt to regain control.
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