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Old 3rd Sep 2014, 19:33
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Craven Moorhed
 
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Re-visiting the 1999 Hawk 200 Crash

I was stood next to my jet watching this live in Bratislava. It was horrendous to watch such a nice chap lose his life having been chatting to him just beforehand.
I have a few Hawk hours and sadly have to agree with the high speed stall theory - the wing rock you see (and the rumble i heard while watching) is typical of the Hawk at high AoA in heavy buffet. On the day the wind was much stronger than the practise the day before; not sure if this may have affected his sight picture at the top of any manoeuvres by being in a different position over the runway??
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