forgive me if this comes across as insensitive bearing in mind the tragic events, but a friend who saw the pictures asked me (as an aero eng. undergrad... like i'd know) why there was no explosion or fire in the crash. the more i thought about it, the more it puzzled me, as surely it would have been carrying enough fuel for the rest of the race plus the usual safety reserves. the only other time i have heard of such an explosion-less crash was ken wallis' wellington during the war, and that was because it had been run completely dry.
rip mr leeward and the spectators. may the awesome spectacle of the races continue to run in future years