Things to aviod in the former Soviet Union.

[Otto]

He wasn't that close to the ground on purpose.  Something had to have happened prior to this.   Maybe coming out of a loop to low and entering a 'high speed stall'  and drifting into the crowd as he tried to regain control.

For the brief time you see it the plane it looks to be more 'out' of, than 'in', control and basily flying in Ground Effect.

May those that died RIP....

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Red Tail 444
Why's that? I think you work on fighter seats (or something like that)

Hope they both made it, and that the folkls on the ground...died really really fast...poor batages

On a single canopy A/C the Back Seater almost allways has to go first.  If the Fwd pilot punches first his rocket catapult will completly scorch the aft cockpit making the backseater have an even worse day.

The Delay on a 2 seat F16 is 0.33 seconds.  In most cases the seats can go solo but its not advisable.