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Old 23rd Oct 2011, 04:05
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bubbers44
 
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Kangaroo Court , I was directly under Galloping Ghost when it rolled inverted in the stands and a 21 year old could not have remained conscious during that 10G+ pull up. His age had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome. It crashed 300 ft from us but initially was coming directly at us in the seats. He was 74 but seemed to be doing a great job of flying until the elevator trim tab went away. My friend, Steven Hinton was in #7 Strega leading the race when it happened. He won the Gold unlimited two years ago at age 21, last year he won because the wind cancelled the Gold race and this year the crash cancelled the rest of the air race. Voodoo, who was right behind Strega had the same trim tab fail about 12 years ago and a much younger pilot blacked out and thankfully spiraled up 9,000 ft until the speed dropped off and recovered by removing power. We shouldn't be so quick to blame age on accidents.
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