As ever, Tucumseh makes some good points.
I’ve spent quite a lot of the last few decades watching and commenting on aerobatic displays at air shows, and I also sat through most of the Old Bailey trial. I have to say that one of the more extraordinary moments of the trial for me was when I first saw the film of the start of the fatal manoeuvre. My immediate reaction was ‘what on earth is he doing?’ It didn’t make sense. And my professional knowledge of Andy Hill was as a very competent display pilot.
So the question raised for me then - a question which remains unanswered to this day - was, why did he do that? I suggest, nobody knows. And we probably never will.
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