Airshows
A lot has been said on this thread about how dangerous that bank was, how close he was, no margin for error. It worked.
Much as been said about how it was planned, trained for, simulated. Great.
It was an AIRSHOW!!! Let us get back to the basics here.
The TAP pilots planned and flew a manouver for 50 hours in a sim that was so low down that only those on the front of the flightline and the "unauthorised" spectators could have seen it?
At an airshow there are at least two things that decide what the display is all about. One, it is safe. Two, the crowd can see it!
That wheels down low pass and bank failed the "can the crowd see it" test.
(check ALL the videos)
(Disclaimer, not a pilot but I once flew a Chipmunk from the back seat for 15 mins while the instructor smoked a pipe....)