Stearman nose-over... from the front cockpit!

[beaky]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... id=artslot

[eno]

Now that is a different outlook 

Tis a rather tough aircraft....... I expected far more damage than it seemed to have sustained.

[patchz]

I just saw that on my home page and was about to post it but you beat me to it.
Equipment malfunction or pilot error? Maybe the brakes locked?

[olderndirt]

I just saw that on my home page and was about to post it but you beat me to it.
Equipment malfunction or pilot error? Maybe the brakes locked?

Absolutely.  The speed with which he flipped - you can hear the tires touch a split second before he goes.  The CNN video shows serious smoke coming from each tire.

[patchz]

Big airliners abandoned their aspirations of takeoff and trundled back to the gate for a while. Dan looked glum, Mike looked glummer.