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Old 09-07-2007, 06:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default SNJ Stunt Pilot Killed

The rash of airshow accidents continue, sadly.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/07/air....ap/index.html
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Old 09-07-2007, 09:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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This is Horrible!!!
I hope all the AirShow pilots with children realize that Retirement is not the Typical end to a pilots career!!!
This is an SNJ..... http://www.skytyping.com/north_american_snj.htm
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Old 09-07-2007, 10:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
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the video of the midair was unbelievable !!! i could feel the impact while i was in my chair, thank god they never knew what happened,
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the video of the midair was unbelievable !!! i could feel the impact while i was in my chair, thank god they never knew what happened,
I think you are referring to the Polish Mid Air collision... this crash was a T6 and single pilot incident
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Mithrandir:
Yeah unfortunately it has happened during an airshow about 2 weeks ago. What a loss and tragedy...........
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Seriously bad tragedy, just after the Polish crash not so long ago!
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Man all the airshow crashes this year are horrible! there's just so many! I hope no more airshow disasters happen this year.
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