Down to basics
[QUOTE=airsound;10830517]PobjoyWell, we (and the families) will have about 14 months to wait to find out. But actually, as far as the aviation world, and particularly the air show world, is concerned, the primary safety follow-ups from the accident are surely the AAIB and the CAA. Did the AAIB’s recommendations address your concerns? And the CAA follow up? Which AAIB recommendations might prevent another Shoreham?
As i see it the AAIB reported on facts and evidence,and the CAA are part of the 'system' under scrutiny. If we cut through all the 'legal fencing' the one stark fact that sticks out is that the 'primary' cause of the accident was starting a vertical/rolling manoeuvre too low and slow on what was a hot day. The fact that no attempt was made to exit this situation only compounded what was already a poor decision made before any G induced factors were present. The display organisers were empowered to comment on this as part of the standard safety procedure and even if they had no speed readout available the low height was 'observable'. Stones and glasshouses now comes to mind as we all know one of the factors associated with airshows is (no one wants to break off a display),and that is the 'dangerous' part of the scenario, and why there was a system to prevent it. It so happens that i have just re read an excellent book by a former Hunter pilot who only flew the T7 after he finished the Chivenor course.He makes the point that the 'climb' performance of the T7 was considerably less than the single seat version in use at the same time. !!!