Chris Scott
I posted an observation about the dimensions of the Shoreham paved runway. IIRC, it's about a third of the width of a standard (instrument) runway and about half as long.
You could of course look it up Sir
SHOREHAM AERODROME CHART - ICAO
Would it have been visible from the cockpit as the a/c was inverted and going over the top?
Of course to his port side, for positioning purposes
And does my suggestion that the pilot might have been dazzled by the sun (in the south) and momentarily unable to read his altimeter make any sense?
Not really - dazzle is a hazard but does not stop you flying the aircraft
Disorientation is perhaps a separate aeromedical consideration
He approached into a high sun, rolled such that the sun came through his port side and after that the sun would have been a constant
1 visor later or a pair of sunnies and the sun would be a managed issue
It is an aeromedical fact that flying into sun and reading instrument data in house is a potential hazard. All experienced pilots are aware of this. Hence many checks on the run in before the sun might have played a part.