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Originally Posted by speede5
Not at that altitude, the plane was going way to slow and low to get into a forced landing profile, (rest is my opinion only) he zoomed hoping to gain enough altitude to eject safely, bleeding airspeed, at the top his speed was too low to maintain control, the plane rolled and he fought to get wings level for ejection. I would bet that in the zoom he was telling his pax to prepare to abandon.
Time from the pop to ejection was 18 sec, felt like half that watching the video.
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Possibly, but if he had control I have a problem with why he would pull up so steeply to cause a dead stick stall? surely a trained air force pilot would have just veered slightly right towards the visible thompson river and either ejected strait up or tried to land in the river.
Personally, I'll stick to the "he had no control" after the engine blew until he says otherwise.