Originally Posted by
Jetblu
Big Pistons Forever - I concur. 3000ft is good. 6000ft may have been better, but at the end of the day even aerobatic display pilots get it wrong, unfortunately.
I disagree. Even if you describe the sequence of events, including the alleged rudder jam, in a way most favorable to the accident pilot, you still in my professional opinion, have situation where any fully qualified display pilot would have been able to effect a recovery.
The difference, of course, is that the accident pilot did not have the training, skills, or experience to deal with a low level aircraft upset. The fact that the aircraft was at a low level was as I emphasized earlier, wholly his choice.