skyblu3 0 #1 September 11, 2006 Witnessed a crash yesterday at an Airshow here in Malta. It was part of an aero grand Prix. One plane clipped the other one tearing off its tail section and sent it plummeting into the sea killing the pilot. The other plane tried to gain stability and managed to climb a bit but the pilot bailed out soon after at what must have been 400 feet or less. His canopy inflates as he hits the water and was unhurt. The pilot who bailed must have had superhuman strength because everything happend so fast. He would have had to unbuckle himself open the hatch and climb out and then jump and deploy all this as the plane was crashing. ARticle to the story can be found here: http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=236607 Edited by slotperfect to make the link clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #2 September 11, 2006 Wow.... sad for the 2nd pilot... good work for the other. The photo sequence is scary. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyblu3 0 #3 November 2, 2006 I finally found some video of what I was talking about in this post. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGhtpiWOZ5o Edited to make clicky - Craig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #4 November 2, 2006 That was some awesom video captured, as if the videographer was waiting for it to happen. The pilot that bailed out deserves to be in the centre of an playboy model orgy! What a nice save. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobojoe 0 #5 November 4, 2006 yeah that video is crazy chute inflated just in time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
