Very Sad Loss!!!!!.

I thought that I'd put one of these :( in my first post to convey my sympathies.

I was merely commenting on the sad fact that there have been rather a lot of Russian display accidents over the years.







PS: it's Woodford not Woodvale foe BAeS

Cargosales, you are not wrong. I belive he was in Afghanistan prior to test piloting, a cool customer by all accounts.
By birdstrike I was refering to the pictures in one of the threads above which shows the Flankers post collision, one a/c with a missing / damaged nose cone, the other a/c with an engine fire. The start of the incident could well have been a birdstrike, but the main damage to the second jet looks it came from a collision with something a bit more substantial (imho).

Do the Russians ever release BOI findings?

There were no faults with the aircraft...
 

ITAR-TASS News Agency reported yesterday that the FDRs had been found, were in normal condition and that experts are working on them.

Air Force experts have reached a preliminary conclusion as to what may have caused the crash. Their final findings will be announced. As with several other crashes, the crash last Sunday resulted from a tragic combination of various circumstances. There were no faults with the aircraft.

Tragic whatever the cause.

STH

The next airshow (today), the next accident of Su-27, victims again, two pilots dead. No faults with the aircrafts?