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Old 26th Aug 2015, 20:56
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KenV
 
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FFS you have been banging on about this for the last hour or two on the other thread....
Finally! Tons of people ASSUMED this was a failed loop when it was not a loop at all. It was a split S. The same thing is happening in the Hunter accident. Many people ASSUME the pilot was attempting a loop, while many others ASSUME the pilot was attempting 1/4 clover. The fact is, no one knows what the pilot was attempting and comments about him executing the maneuver poorly and then failing to abort the maneuver after a gate was missed are wild speculation based on wild assumptions.

And what's interesting is that after "banging on about this for the last hour or two" no one caught the fact that it was not a loop until I pointed it out. Despite obvious visual evidence to the contrary, everyone assumed it was a loop because that was what it was called. The same thing is happening in the Hunter accident. Someone called the maneuver a 1/4 clover and thus it must certainly be a 1/4 clover. The point is no one but the pilot knows and he is in no condition to speak.
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