Air Show tragedy...
I used to live about 5 miles from a US Coast Guard base at an airport in Miami that hosted a yearly air show. You could see the best of the best from vintage air ships to the Blue Angels who do precision stunts.There was another yearly air show in Fort Lauderdale about 25 miles north of me and they would takeoff from the same Miami airport, head east (over my house) to the beach and north to Fort Lauderdale. At different times during the day, at least 20 aircraft would fly out and back from the same path.
My interest in attending air shows dropped off when a high percentage had accidents, usually with pilots and sometimes crashing into the spectators. That was enough for me. If I wanted to see one, I'd wait for a TV show about it.
I've got a vacation to Dayton, Ohio coming up next week and will probably visit the air museum... again. 80% I've seen before and the I-MAX 3D theater is the main attraction for me.
One of the model air fields is sponsoring a 'War Bird' scale model event this weekend... Some of my friends went and one guy actually gave a flight demonstration of his scale Huey Helicopter complete with authentic looking details down to the rivets and working doors, machine guns and blinking lights.
I usually don't hear about crashes on Air Shows, but one happened this weekend in Texas. I was baited by the cover story showing photo of several jets in formation. Well, it wasn't them. What did happen is a smaller aircraft crossed the path of a WWII bomber, clipped it's tail and both aircraft ended in a fiery crash.
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Original story:
Veterans Day Air Show footage of the crash:
Comments (4)
Crazy how many mishaps happen at these events.
Most of the expert pilots are my hero and usually know exactly what they're doing.
Miclee was involved with the US Coast Guard (retired?) if I remember correctly. Haven't seen him in ages though.