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Old 6th Oct 2010, 23:29
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bearfoil
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I don't see anything in the video suggesting the a/c stalled. It was turning, and appeared to tighten the turn before impact, but the fact that it impacted the ground was due to standard loss of altitude in a turn of any kind.

1. He may have been attempting knife edge "flight". (around a point)

2. He may have been attempting a split ess.

3. He may have thought he was hook trapping onboard the ship

4. He may have gotten so far up his own tail everything tumbled.

I favor #4

Two things come to mind

This is a rather farfetched example of "aerodynamic" flight.

Once past the limits of control authority, all bets are off.

bear