Lu, A very interesting incident with very unfortunate outcome. However I think that this gentleman was an accident waiting to happen. He obviously bit off more than he could chew. This incident would probably have occurred no matter what aircraft was being flown. This is a very common type of occurrance where low hour pilots think that they can run before they can walk. I have actually experienced this type of disorientation but I lived to tell (or not tell) the tale.
Hey Lu, Just realised that I flew this Gazelle (xw911) on January 16, 1979 from Ostende in Belgium to Middle Wallop and on January 24, 1979 just prior to my FHT at Wallop. Small world isn't it.