It happened yesterday during the Gold Jet Race. The pilot was obviously killed. No one else was hurt.
Reno Jet Race Crash
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No ejection seat?
That was Aaron Hogue, President of Hogue Inc, the grip company.
Sad...I was in Reno for the '11 crash. Worse part was driving through the airfield a few days later and seeing 6 or so cars sitting alone in the premium parking lot; the aircraft went into the premium section.
Vintage aircraft, high speed and low altitude, minimal chance for problem solving.
RIP
Vintage aircraft, high speed and low altitude, minimal chance for problem solving.
RIP
Very sad to watch.
Yeah, it really was. Seemed there was zero correction made to prevent it. It just was a steady decrease in altitude until impact. You can't help but speculate if he became incapacitated in some way. He was an experienced pilot, and this wasn't his first rodeo in jet racing.
G-LOC or, G induced loss of consciousness, is my guess. I had a good friend die in a crash this way, it was pretty ugly. Initial speculation was an accelerated stall, but I believe tower video shows no flight control movements or attempt to manage the plane.
Here is a video of my friend's crash.
Here is a video of my friend's crash.
Yes G induced is my guess.
I could pull enough Gs, long enough, in a steep turn in my Glasair to start graying out. So, I didn't do that.
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This makes two losses for Air Racing and Paso Robles, Calif (my town) in the past couple weeks
Looks like G-LOC to me.
Ejection seats are hard (and expensive) to maintain. Cartridges, and there are several in each seat, have a finite life and aren’t often sold on the civilian market.
Most converted military jets, like this L-29, no longer have “live” ejection seats.
But an ejection seat requires a conscious pilot, willing to make the decision to eject.
They make no difference in a G-LOC.
Ejection seats are hard (and expensive) to maintain. Cartridges, and there are several in each seat, have a finite life and aren’t often sold on the civilian market.
Most converted military jets, like this L-29, no longer have “live” ejection seats.
But an ejection seat requires a conscious pilot, willing to make the decision to eject.
They make no difference in a G-LOC.
Juan Browne has a informative video spelling out the theory of G-Loc and also shows photos of the failure of the right aileron...
I usually vomit well before reaching a black out maneuver. I don't know how people can do it !
Yes G induced is my guess.
I could pull enough Gs, long enough, in a steep turn in my Glasair to start graying out. So, I didn't do that.
If I'm a passenger I get a little sick too, but not when I'm at the controls?
Many yrs ago the US aerobatic team was at the Hondo, TX airport practicing. They had a 2 place Extra 300 that they were giving rides in. I had just eatin lunch at the airport restaurant, so I knew better than to take a ride.
I've never been in anything being flown nearly sporty enough to make me sick, but I have been out a 40 to 50 foot boat in the ocean sitting on a bar crossing tossing and turning... Ugh... That was rough on my stomach. When we were underway (both going out and coming back in) I was fine. Well, maybe not fine going back, but much better and the only explanation that I could think of was that my brain was able to sort out what was going to happen (pitch/roll) and prepare for/understand it. A literal sense of direction. Maybe being at the controls allows your being to have enough sense of direction to not make you sick?
