P51 crashes at air show

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Originally Posted by Highbury

Actually, after the elevator detached the plane became inverted and the transition is estimated to have reached approx 10 Gs. The pilot would have been unconscious as photos of the incident suggest (Example. That is taken shortly before impact and the pilot is clearly out of view due to being passed out.)

It is a sad incident, but it looks again like the media's urge to brand people as "Hero"s has been premature.

Aaah, I did wonder, which is why I did state in my last post that it was possible that he was unconscious at the time, I recall someone somewhere mentioning of another race aircraft that had a detached elevator but fortunately pitched upwards rather than over and he awoke from his 10G induced unconscious state at a high altitude and near stalling. Thankfully he was able to put her down again safely.