Quote Originally Posted by BPTactical View Post
That was my thought-would loss of a trim tab be enough to cause a catastrophic loss? Aileron yes- trim tab?? Control surface flutter?
I caught a bit of an interview last night of the pilot a couple days prior-he made reference to Friday being a big day and pulling out all the stops or similar.
Maybe a mod that went bad?

Rough summer for 'Stangs and Fortress's.
no, just a trim tab would not be enough.

With the experience this guy has, I am thinking it has to be total loss of control. he came in almost vertical. complete loss of the controls, with the trim tab in a nose down position.

because if he had any kind of roll control he would have rolled it 90 degrees, kicked in hard rudder and flow it knife edge away from the crowd. obviously everything happens super fast and they are pretty low