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Sad news from Brazil...

flaviossa

flaviossa

Charter Member
Just HU for you guys and girls:
Today we had a big loss from one member of our aerial demonstration squadron "ESQUADRILHA DA FUMAÇA". In a presentation in a city called Lages (Brazilian South), one of the wingman didn´t manage to do a stunt and .... the worse happened.

Here are the videos (Please, be adivised that it´s not an easy footage to see)


So long Cap. Anderson ... we will miss you! :salute::salute::salute::salute:
God bless you.
 
May his soul rest in peace.

It looks like it ended quick for him.

Man... Just a few more feet under him and he would have at least skidded in... The ground just isnt always forgiving..



Bill
 
Very sad.

The Red Arrows had an accident the other day, the only thing that saved the pilot was his ejection seat. Unfortunately in this case the pilot didn't have that option.

It's a mistake that we see again and again - attempting a loop/split S with not enough altitude. Sometimes the pilots can get out (thunderbirds F-16 incident) and other times (tragically) they cannot. Of course when you're flying low level aerobatics the risk is much higher.
 
Hi,

RIP

Sad

Check very well the second video
Exactly the same as happened to a Spitfire some years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vOUUT3FNx4
Out of a loop .. and a little too much low... and certainly the pilot pull it out hard .. when ground goes to him.
Check well at the last moment the plane is pratically fallen .. no more flying .. it's a stall.
 
The video of that red arrows crash was released lately, and it's brutal too.


Don't These Tucanos have ejection seats? I think they do, but he didn't have a chance here.
 
brad kaste said:
...Flaviossa,...what type/model aircraft was he flying at the time of the accident?
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Embraer Tucano t27
And i´m 99% sure that it has ejection seats. I think that the pilot just didn´t have the time to think in ejection procedures ...
 
Tragic indeed. May he rest in peace and my condolences to his family and friends.

I don't think an ejection seat would have helped him here. His downward velocity was great. Not sure if the seat could have over come it, unless he had ejected at a high enough altitude. I have no idea what the critical altitude is for that seat with that downward vector.
 
jmig said:
Tragic indeed. May he rest in peace and my condolences to his family and friends.

I don't think an ejection seat would have helped him here. His downward velocity was great. Not sure if the seat could have over come it, unless he had ejected at a high enough altitude. I have no idea what the critical altitude is for that seat with that downward vector.
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Any ACES II or later seat can overcome a downward momentum like that with almost zero altitude. He coulda been saved, but he was probably too shocked and focused on his job to get out. I consider that to be the craziest part of ejecting. The fear is not that a pilot will eject too soon and abandon a perfectly good aircraft, the fear is that a 'fearless' and properly trained operator will continue just that: operating the aircraft until the last millisecond hoping for a better outcome.
 
tigisfat said:
Any ACES II or later seat can overcome a downward momentum like that with almost zero altitude. He coulda been saved, but he was probably too shocked and focused on his job to get out. I consider that to be the craziest part of ejecting. The fear is not that a pilot will eject too soon and abandon a perfectly good aircraft, the fear is that a 'fearless' and properly trained operator will continue just that: operating the aircraft until the last millisecond hoping for a better outcome.
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I remember back in my flying days a USAF report that stated just what you said. The report concluded that the vast majority of failed ejections happened because the pilot waited too long to eject. It is the pride thing. "I be darn if I will let this thing crash. i know I can recover."

I lost a very good friend just that way once. He was going up the rails when he hit the ground. :(
 
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That was rather hard to watch. My thoughts go out to his teammates, friends & family. Watching the second video it's
clear that the tragedy could have been much worse, as several are seen running away to the right of & in front of the crash.
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How tragic and saddening.
Praise God the folks underneath weren't harmed.
It looked like there were a few on the ground in the impact area there.
My condolences to his family, friends, and fellow ESQUADRILHA DA FUMAÇA.
 
From me too, my condolences to the family, wife, children and friends...and the Brazilian Air Force.

Horrible to see a man lose his live this way.
 
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