LlamaFarmer
Originally Posted by Courtney Mil View Post
So, AS FAR AS WE KNOW AT THE MOMENT, he pulled up from a 200 foot pass into a quarter clover, which is both safe and legal and approved.
In that case...
Originally Posted by Daily Telegraph
Shoreham Air Show plane crash: Pilot was too low, official report reveals
Air Accidents Investigation Branch publishes interim report into crash that killed 11, showing loop-the-loop began at 200ft when pilot Andy Hill was licensed to perform such manoeuvres at 500ft and above
is incorrect and misleading.
I think one of the points pittsextra was trying to make was that if the DT headline is indeed incorrect, why has nobody in an official capacity corrected or clarified it.
The AAIB Special Report does not mention doing a 'loop-the-loop' that is the Daily Telegraph's and other tabloids interpretation, the actual report if you follow the link states.
The aircraft then pitched up into a manoeuvre with both a vertical component and roll to the left, becoming almost fully inverted at the apex of the manoeuvre at a height of approximately 2,600 ft amsl.
https://assets.digital.cabinet-offic...015_G-BXFI.pdf
So are we now suggesting the authorities chase every newspaper to correct their inadequacies to type the facts ?