Warning: Disturbing - Jane Wicker Crash
06-22-2013, 04:01 PM
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Warning: Disturbing - Jane Wicker Crash
06-22-2013, 04:09 PM
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Warning: Disturbing - Jane Wicker Crash
such a tragic loss..any guesses what caused the pilot to lose control by looking at the video?
06-22-2013, 04:31 PM
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06-22-2013, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jumpseat2024
such a tragic loss..any guesses what caused the pilot to lose control by looking at the video?
06-22-2013, 04:33 PM
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Yes - very sad loss of a talented performer and her pilot
06-22-2013, 04:37 PM
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Something happen as he rolled inverted.....didn't get the wings level inverted....and then pulled positive (looked like a very hard pull)....flight control failure? Sad indeed.
06-22-2013, 07:17 PM
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I've never understood "wing walking". People don't get out of race-cars and walk all on top of them to show off, nor do they get out of trains and walk all forwards and backwards doing stunts (except in movies). It just seems dangerous to the point of stupid, as you won't have enough time to pull your chute at those altitudes and the consequences are just way too high IMO. This coming from someone that participates in quite a few "extreme" sports, but I tend to judge risk pretty well.
06-22-2013, 07:32 PM
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I was acquainted with them both, as both were very well known and liked in the northern Virginia aerobatic community.
I would guess that Charlie Schwenker had thousands of hours of acro time; he owned an S1S and an Extra 300. A more experienced aerobatic pilot would be hard to find.
I would guess that Charlie Schwenker had thousands of hours of acro time; he owned an S1S and an Extra 300. A more experienced aerobatic pilot would be hard to find.
06-22-2013, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jumpseat2024
such a tragic loss..any guesses what caused the pilot to lose control by looking at the video?
When they rolled inverted, that Stearman rolled about her as the CG.
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