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(More customer reviews)As a former fighter-pilot and, later, commercial pilot, there can be no doubt the Navy rushed Kara into the fleet with special treatment. I have reviewed the video tape of her unfortunate accident, and that's what it was... an accident, over and over and the conclusion remains the same: she overshot the turn to final, tightened her turn too much in an attempt to get lined up properly, and compressor stalled one of her engines due to the high angle of attack she achieved in her desperate, fatal attempt to tighten the turn! Most pilots have done it; I certainly have... many times, but, the answer is to roll wings level while adding full power, and go around for another pattern. The experienced pilot will swallow his or her pride and go-around to live for another day; the inexperienced or inept pilot will foolishly continue to pull the jet tighter, eventually achieving the same result Kara experienced that bleak day. It was an accident, granted, a pilot error accident, but an accident nonetheless. They happen all the time in the fighter business. It's a dangerous game, with little room for error. Kara made a mistake. Despite her parents' understandable attempts to prove the F-14A flawed, it remains... a regrettable accident.
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