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Old 15th Mar 2017, 15:02
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Given the historic facts and evidence, perhaps the direct way to prevent this particular tragedy happening again is to ban high-speed, low-level split-s/vertical loop maneuvers. The common denominator in all such accidents. I for one would favor this over further type or location restrictions.

In addition to the Thunderbird crash and Typhoon near miss posted above, here are two more unfortunate examples that spring to mind where neither the pilot's experience nor platform's capabilities were in-doubt.

Hawk, 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBF52ai6ivc

Blue Angels, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4WKX1yVHhQ

Time and time again we witness the lethality of such an unforgiving maneuver. Perhaps we humans need to concede that it's just a little beyond us and that it's just not worth it, anymore...
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