john smith wrote:
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Ron Natalie wrote:

I don't think it is this video, but a different one several years ago
when a pilot doing loops in a Partenavia during an airshow folded the
wings back. It was his wife who was shooting the video if I recall.

Someplace in Texas. Midland, maybe?

Plainview, 9/11/83:

THE PLT WAS EXECUTING A HIGH SPEED PASS OVER THE RWY AT ABOUT 250 FT
AGL. THE PLT THEN BEGAN A RAPID PULL-UP & BOTH WINGS SEPARATED JUST
OUTBOARD OF THE ENG NACELLES. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SEQUENCE FROM A
VIDEOTAPE REVEALED THAT THE ACFT'S SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE WING
SEPARATIONS WAS 220 KTS. VNE FOR THE ACFT IS 193 KTS. IT WAS CALCULATED
THAT, AT 220 KTS & AN 8 DEG NOSE-UP PITCH, THE 'G' LOAD AT THE
TIME OF THE WING SEPARATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN 8.3 G'S.