Blue Angel crash.

[guitarsjb]

Details seem sketchy still. Apparently there's a crash during an airshow. Debris set a house on fire? (not sure about that) Best wishes for the pilot, but doubtful they are alive.

[CharvelRocker]

Wow. Where do you hear of this?

[VinceV]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/21/blueangels.crash/index.html

Hopefully no one on the ground got hurt.

[Stinkbug]

wow...that sucks.

[Strat God]

Too bad "MAVERICK" wasn't flying it........

[Joe_Steeler]

I just saw them a couple of weeks ago. Great show as always.
Sad to hear.

[charvelguy]

coroner confirmed the pilot was killed..it may have been a bird sucked into the engine turbine/intake.. flying low, it clipped some tall trees and crashed a few hundred yards later. Thankfully it sounds like no one else was killed so I wonder if the pilot gave his life to retain control in a residential situation instead of ejecting and leaving it to chance. Shame none the less...glad it wasn't worse.

[mhalsey]

..... so I wonder if the pilot gave his life to retain control in a residential situation instead of ejecting and leaving it to chance.

That certainly may be the case. A good pilot will stay with the aircraft til the last possible second in an attempt to save it or ensure it doesn't cause even more loss of life after crashing.

[charvelguy]

that was a split second decision at treetop level.. at 450mph or so.. the window would be over in a few seconds. You'd hardly have time to access damage level to the aircraft or make the mayday. It would be, ...Oh my..maybe a few more words and no more.