Red Arrows plane crashed and killed pilot at the bournemouth airshow

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8713429/Red-Arrows-pilot-killed-in-crash.html

this all happened about 2 minutes walk from my house.. a massive shame

Ugh, that sucks.

So, are the Red Arrows like the US' Blue Angels?

yeah

few pilots would essentially solidify their fate to put priority to the task to maneuver away from a crowd or humanized area with what little available inputs the platform will respond to before worrying to save their own ass.

respect.

I went to the airshow at bournemouth loads of times because my grandad used to work there. Also growing up in southend we saw the red arrows loads at the Southend airshow. They have mad skills, and today's tragedy is a real shame

a pilot died in a crash at a kansas city airshow today as well:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/20/missouri.air.show/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

the older i get the more irrational i get about flying, and flight in general. every time i see any kind of aircraft, i expect it (completely illogically) to fall from the sky.