Here you can see  the moment when a stunt glider slammed into a runway in front of 15,000 horrified fans at an airshow at Pilot escapes glider crashWest Sussex .Amazingly pilot Mike Newman, 35, crawled out of the wreckage of the high performance Swift S-1 aircraft after the cockpit broke up on impact.The former racing driver suffered three broken vertebrae in the accident, but doctors expect him to make a full recovery.The photo series is perfect for viewing the entire sequence of the accident and its happy ending.

 

** Air show crash drama: Pilot’s amazing escape as stunt glider smashes into runway as 15,000 fans look on

      Rob Yuill (amateur photographer)

       Daily Mail On line / 15th- September -2010