I was on holiday in Bournemouth in 2014 when I
passed this plaque in honour of one of the Red Devil pilots who crashed and
died in 2011.
Jon Egging, 33, crashed a
Hawk aircraft into a field near Throop Mill about a mile from Bournemouth
Airport following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival.
The investigation said the
crash was due to Jon experiencing the G-force for a long period of time at high
speed. The inquest showed that three seconds before impact Jon appeared to try
to re-take control of aircraft as he emerged from the blackout.
The smoke trails left by
the team are made by releasing diesel into the exhaust; this oxidises straight
away, leaving a white smoke trail. Dyes can be added to produce the red and
blue colour. Each plane can trail 5 minutes of white smoke, 1-minute of blue
and 1-minute of red.
There’s some grainy
footage of the aircraft leaving the formation on youtube but its not worth
watching.