"The Beast" Biplane crash

[RichR]

Sadly, Bryan Jensen lost his life in a tragic accident yesterday. The UMX Micro Beast and the 100cc Beast were models of his one-of-a-kind airplane.

http://www.beastairshows.com/web/pilot.php

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/20/missouri.air.show/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

[dhamultun]

Very sad news...

[zorba]

Very sad indeed. Sorry to see that.

[Hadi]

R.I.P............

[Kevin Rochon]

Sad to ear, I was witness of a very similar crash at St-Hubert airport show in 89 or 90. An HyperBibe did about the same thing, was doing a roll on the way down but never pulled up. The conclusion was he, the pilot was a teacher at Edouard Mont-Petit AERONAUTIC CEGEP, and was using smoke for the first time which is a no no on an airshow and would of got some smoke in the cockpit and lost conscience hence the crash.

[dhamultun]

I have a picture somewhere of me standing beside the HyperBipe the day before the crash. I was so shocked to hear about the crash the next day in the news. It was more like 1983... Aerobatics is always risky business. One of my professors from Concordia Engineering, Prof. Jaroslav Svoboda, also died while practicing aerobatics back in 2004.

[Kevin Rochon]

you're right David wow times fly by, I went flying afterward at club Alouette on the south shore, Delson.

[loflyer2001]

Hello Kevin;

I have never heard of your version on how this a/c crashed on that
fatal day.
I was going to fly over from St Lazare that weekend day but the
cross wind at StHubert were very strong with gusty situations.
I chose to remain home. Later I heard while he (forgot his name)
attempt to do a victory roll over the runway (and while fighting
cross winds to remain on the center line of the runway, stalled
and being a low power engine crashed) It was his second attempt
to try to centerline on the runway. The a/c was below 300 feet
when it start its roll. It would most likely succeed with a WWII
a/c of thousand of horsepower. But, not with a Sorrell Hyperbike
(which was beautifully constructed) with an engine under 200hp.
I did meet the guy once at Coopers (St Lazare) He was a great builder.
My opinion was.....it was not the a/c for that day.

Guy

[Krish]

I was there that fatal day, my 3 y/o son was with me and witnessed the crash. He refused to fly for a few years. A tidbit... the a/c landed quite close to where we stood, one tyre rolled over to us and stopped feet away. He vividly recalls this detail and wanted to take the tyre home, as recent as yesterday, convinced we took it. I had a tyre he always believed to be it. R.I.P.

[Kevin Rochon]

Hi Guy,

I remember he was doing horizontal rolls at probably 300' maybe a bit more then maybe he stalled like you said but it seems he had time or was high enough to at least stop the roll on the way down?

But that's a long time ago.

Maybe that's one of the big difference between full scale a/c and our light overpowered RC planes.