Telemetry downloaded from Galloping Ghost revealed an 11g pull up,
fuel flow

interrupted on the way up, and then the engine restarted when fuel flow

resumed at the top of the arc.  The aircraft was making 105 inches of
MP(Manifold Pressure) on the way down.

Colleen Keller

Sport Class Race 8 Crew

Ted Carter



Dave,

Do you think Jimmy could have survived the 11g pull up?

rog

That 11g pull-up would have instantaneously killed anyboby,especially
a 74 year old man,not wearing a pressure suit..
That high G-force also probably ripped the pilot's seat right off
its anchoring bolts
.Recall that clear close-up picture of the GG,nose-down,just before
impact,posted in the media of the canopy with no occupant visible.
The shock of the force,pushed Jimmy back and down in the
cockpit,killing him,instantaneously.There just was no way he could
have recovered... .

Dave Young


Hey Guys;
People survive high-G car accidents (vertical to semi reclined) every
day.  Racing is even worse.
Most, non-dive, light aircraft scenarios are survivable with proper design.
Look up the HANS "Head and Neck Support" device for racing.

Search for "Safety Cockpit".  e.g.
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/sicherheitscockpit-e.html
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/crashtest-e.html

Search for design articles on Formula 1 car crash cockpits which have
been made public.  Very informative.  (sorry, couldn't refind a link/paper)
There are other helicopter and plane seat design patents/papers to limit
g-load spikes to 25-30?G to reduce/avoid spinal compression crash damage
in survivable accidents.  Note that individual spinal-G tolerance drops
with age.

Unfortunately, none of this would have helped in this horrific accident.
~Cary




The pull up was a sustained g load, a crash like a formula one crash is not.
The F-16 has a reclining seat, the pilot is wearing a g-suit and 11 g's in
an F-16 has resulted in loss of the aircraft due to g-lock.  Another thing,
the F-16 driver knows he is pulling g and is doing his "grunt" exercise.  If
GG pulled 11g, Leeward didn't have a chance.

Steve Brazil