Mark" wrote:
"Mike Marron" wrote:

In a previous post, you commented that the lead impacted the ground
last. For those of us who have no formation aerobatics experience,
what is the significance of that statement?

Lead realizes not going to make it thru the bottom of the loop and makes
attempt to increase G from the 'normal' moderate Gs used for formation
flying to a max performance pull. Wingmen react to change in flight path,
but delay in response (and G) means they impact slightly prior to lead....

Not a pretty notion, but that's possibly how it transpired that day

Interesting. At what point in the loop did lead increase G and was
there any chance of survival had they punched out?

-Mike Marron