"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote:

Reminds me of a sad story about a military pilot trying to
do that kind of airshow takeoff with his mother watching
from the terminal. He must have gotten disoriented in
the clouds because he looped over and came straight
back down.

This sounds like the F-14 crash in Nashville, TN, back in 1996. Killed
three on the ground and both the pilot and rio in the aircraft.

--
Peter