L-39 goes down in TIX

[The_Russian]

What was he doing in the cloud? You still have to obey the VFR minimums during the airshow. They don't waiver weather minimums for airshows. Worst case scenario its one mile and clear of clouds, right?

From what I understand, there is no waiver for civilian pilots. Only the military is cleard for an "unlimited" demo.

This is why I think he was spatially disoriented after coming out of the cloud. As you may know, a Russian attitude indicator moves kinda backwards to a western attitude indicator. On the Russian AI, the aircraft moves with respect to the horizon. On a typical western AI, the background horizon moves and the "aircraft" remains in a fixed position with respect to it.

This can lead to extreme confusion for a western pilot. Especially if he or she has seconds to decipher the AI indication. This may have caused him to hesistate and by then it was too late.