Horrible mid-air crash at Dallas Air Show
Two WW-II planes collided. A P-63 hit a B-17 and both immediately crashed. No chance of survivors. Videos on multiple source but I wanted to post here right away.
First impression is that the P-63 pilot screwed up big time. Was apparently turning to pass ahead of the bomber but lost sight of it and hit it dead center.
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As my father used to say "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots."
A pilot can never to careful. One mistake can be fatal.
I've always been concerned about a Blue Angels collision sending 2 jets sliding through the spectators causing extensive loss of life. In today's society that will be the end of air shows.
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That's just darn sad, 😐️
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Prayers out to all .
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just plain horrible for the crew of the planes and countless people who were watching just out to have a good time at the show . prayers to all
such a sad and tragic event to happen
its goes with out saying the loss of the old planes I want to be clear its no where near the sadness or level of loss of the people ,
but I for one hate the thought of the historic aircraft completely destroyed .
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Tragic accident. Prayers
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Read about it earlier today @work, on break.
Discussed it with a couple guy's wearing Aviation type military headgear. (Patches etc.) Yes, we all agreed, a tragedy.
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"its goes with out saying the loss of the old planes I want to be clear its no where near the sadness or level of loss of the people , but I for one hate the thought of the historic aircraft completely destroyed ."
...same here...I heard that the B-17 that was destroyed was one of only 5 B-17s left flying, all were based in Houston...then there were 4...
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Just heard that 6 people lost their lives in that crash. Very sad, tragic accident!
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My brother-in-law were passengers in a B-17 a few years ago. If memory serves there were 10+ passengers plus a 3 man crew. Two were WW2 vets on board a 17 for the first time since the war.
My first thought when hearing of this was giving thanks that this was not the case here.
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I know those B-17's take up multiple tourists/sightseers/enthusiasts on those flights. I was hopeful that was not the case here.
Not only one of the last surviving flying B-17's, but the crew who manned her. A tragedy.
A year or two ago, a B-17 (I found out after the fact.) Used our very small rural airport (about 6 mi. away.) I was out on the deck in the AM, and knew immediately (by the sound of the engines) that an Old Bird was up. (Unfortunately did not catch sight of it.)
Much Respect for those that make the effort to bring these old planes back to life and man them.
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The pilot of the fighter lost his awareness or was trying to show off.............cut the bomber in half. Pretty sad.
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