He was an experienced pilot, both commercially and in displays and so on.

While that doesn't rule out pilot error, it would still make equipment failure a more likely cause, especially on an ageing aircraft like that.

However, it will take some time for them to put humpty back together again and find out if something broke.

Sad for everyone. It really was an unlikely accident, 100 ft further on and it was a fireball in a field next to a busy road.

RIP