Pilot dead 
Aviation Italian Display Typhoon Down
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Christ..!! Is that the first Eurofighter ever to go down?
The Spanish Air Force have had 3 fall out of the sky, not sure about other partners. These are complex on a whole different level, in fact, unflyable without multiple computers
Agreed, not the first and won't be the last either.Looks like a misjudgement by the pilot. Got to be hard to spot the sea in overcast conditions. Immensely agile plane but gravity won.
Nah, he just came out of the loop, if that's what it was, and went straight in the drink.
As AMcD pointed out, could have been a computer problem?
Could've been but could also have been not enough height at the top of the loop in order to pull out at the bottom. Don't forget these are just young lads and as gifted as they are they are fallible
I'd expect those to have triplicated majority voting computer systems. A single failure shouldn't lose an aircraft. Not going to trust them to a pc running windows XP surely?
And the rest mate, a ZX Spectrum this ain't
He probably nosedived right into the seabed going at that speed.
It hit level and was trying to pull up but the water got to him first. About 100' too little altitude
Possibly what they tell you about cornering in a car - never look at something on the outside of a bend or you'll hit it.
Possibly what they tell you about cornering in a car - never look at something on the outside of a bend or you'll hit it.
Just had another watch, looked like he went in nose first to me.
doesn't matter in the end mate
Fish baitdoesn't matter in the end mate
If you freeze it just before impact, you can see that it is level. Looks like the Shoreham Hunter but into water.
Would the pilot not have had proximity warnings going off?
And if they are so OTT computer controlled as @Andy McDonnell says, you would think that this could not happen?
if it has, you'd turn it off if doing low level display, or maybe ground/ship attack. Last thing you want as you are at 100ft doing 500knts is a sodding alarm going off!
.... but if it saves your neck?
Tony.
Tony.
Indeed. Flying the likes of the Mach loop it would be terribly confusing having ground on three sides. The pilots are supposed to have the very best spacial and situational awareness. Am surprised he didn't pull the handle to punch out but pulling lots of g's wouldn't help.