[Tommy]

Nearly all of my flying experience was in the Air Force and much of that was as in instructor in the T-38 supersonic trainer. As a result, I flew, taught and watched thousands of landings and practice stall recoveries. The dangers of low and slow were ingrained in me. But I wonder how often civilian pilots who own their own jets practice stall recognition and recovery. If most of his flying was takeoff-cruise-normal landing, his lack of practice in coping with abnormal situations might have contibuted to the crash.

One more thing. I've long been opposed to the military doing aerial flight demonstations at airshows. I've seen too many good pilots crash and die rather than suffer the embarrassment of abandoning a bad approach in front of an audience.