Did you see what happened to the Chinese pilot?

Sure. As we were inverted going in a dive towards the ocean, I remember looking out and seeing half of his jet -- the front half, because [the prop] cut him in half -- with flames shooting out of the back of it screaming towards the earth. I remember going, "Wow he's in a bad way." I just remember thinking we were falling at the same rate he was, so I knew we had to be falling at 10,000 feet per minute easily. It was like looking at Vietnam War footage. That's what it reminded me of.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/china/interviews/osborn.html