Originally Posted by
Pontius
.....and regularly flew HIS JP(s) and, also, his RV8 (in formation aeros).
So, really quite far from being "not very good or not very current" and completely nullifying your arrogant assertions.
Now, having established that Andy is actually quite good (for a Crab) and keeps himself current, he really did pork that roll in the JP
Quite... one would perhaps expect better from him. But even the best f*** up sometimes, especially if they're not following the rules or heeding their personal limits (not suggesting he wasn't, but it does lead one to entertain the question)
Originally Posted by
Pontius
It would be interesting to know if he was given the red card by the display organisers or whether he decided to knock it off himself.
David Walton, who was responsible for the safety of the show that day, said a stop call was immediately issued and the display was terminated.
Mr Walton told ITV News: "During the display... ...the aircraft was observed to be inside the lateral separation minima for the event and also below the minimum height stipulated in the Article 162 Permission issued by the CAA.
"A "stop" call was immediately issued by the Flying Display Director on the display radio frequency and the flying display was terminated.
"The Flying Control Committee had also witnessed the event and agreed with the course of action.
It sounds like he was red carded... although I imagine that call was probably transmitted as he was already pulling up into a climb-out so may have decided to knock it on the head himself, or at least suspend the sequence.
Can't imagine they would risk distracting a pilot at a critical point (in what may have appeared to be an already dangerously botched manoeuvre) by making a radio call before the roll was complete.