cavelamb himself wrote:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY6LjeAEPJk

This is the "original" Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCbkBfdBrQ

I can't decide.

Did this really happen?

No.

Or is it doctored?

Yes. It is a viral marketing for the website killathrill.com.
In the link I gave, look closely to see what happens at:

:17 secs: Why did the wing break off so silently!? All sorts of
other wonderful background sounds can be heard - why not that!?

:19 secs: "Where's his right wing?" Gee - 2 seconds after a wing
comes off during a spin, a person near the camera immediately knows
which wing came off and is specific about it. Yeah, right.

:52 secs: The Piper(?) in the background would have to be huge to
appear nearly the same size as the foreground plane. Now if the plane
with the missing wing was a RC model or computer graphic....

:53 to :55 secs: Gee, what's happening to the rear wheel? Comes and
goes like a ghost. Now _why_ do you suppose that is?

I'm sure there are other hints.

Too much important stuff happens off screen, and the landing
doesn't look real.


If you check out the "more info" of the "original" Youtube link I gave
above you will see various keywords that include the alleged name of the
pilot: "James Andersson". It isn't hard to locate his alleged web page
which includes a "post accident" interview:

http://www.jamesandersson.com/video01.html

But after much searching I've determined there has never been anyone by
that name in the Red Bull races. (I even sent a message to "James" using
that web site's contact page. Never got back a response.) I'm not the
only one who came to the conclusion it's bull: scroll down to message 8
on this web page and read a deeper analysis into the techniques used:

http://boards.historychannel.com/top...Best/520020011