BREAKING: WINGS OVER DALLAS Airshow Goes Wrong . 2 PLANES COLLIDE MIDAIR, CRASH

TMZ's typically slanted tabloid reportage really steamed me; that P-63 didn't "clip" the B-17, it plowed directly through that fuselage at a high rate of speed.

And if it wasn't an in-flight medical emergency or severe mechanical failure it sure in Hell looked like that pilot was stupidly grandstanding for the crowds below. Alternate-angle footage also shows the P-63 was part of an escort squadron but suddenly veered off and headed straight for that bomber.

-It's interesting to note that in the Bell P-63, the engine is BEHIND the cockpit so upon impact it blasted through that B-17 like a huge bullet and the pilot never had a chance of survival.

-Further, the U.S. considered the P-63 unsafe for their own use and it was instead sold to the Soviets who used them in WWII.

The NTSB report will likely chalk this crash up to one of the two causes mentioned above, with "pilot error" a fair bet since that vague, catch-all term can cover a multitude of sins.

idiot pilot

Thank you for the analysis.