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Another airshow crash, this one in Texas
Very little information available right now, so most of the reports so far are probably wrong, but a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Kingcobra are apparently involved.
All my best regards to everyone involved. Not a good Veteran's day weekend... Edit, sorry, I'm late to the show; didn't see that the Aircraft thread already had this news up and going. Mods, maybe remove this post?
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Dallas area?
The Commemorative Airforce is having their Wings Over Dallas this weekend. B17 Texas Raiders was scheduled to be there. A King Cobra was also scheduled.
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Damn.
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Wow that really sucks. Looks like the smaller plane was at fault.
Anyone know what aircrafts were involved?
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And yes, looks like the little guy "rear ended" the big fella.
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I suspected it was the B17. I don't think that one will buff out.
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Looked like the P63 was doing twice the speed of the B-17
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Godspeed to those involved, and prayers for their loved ones. Unbelievable.
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That's horrifying!
... How many people were on the planes?
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Initial reports are five on the B-17 and one in the P-63.
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Just horrible to watch . RIP for those lost and peace to their loved ones .
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Very horrible
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Oh my gosh that is terrible. How does something like this happen. I'm pretty sure that the mock dogfights are choreographed right? Maybe their speeds were off or something? So sad for the people involved also, prayers for the families.
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There will be no way to definitively know, but the P-63 pilot may have been looking left and not noticed or expected the B-17 until it was too late (if at all).
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Damn. I got this from them way back when they were still the "Confederate Air Force" looks like the same plane.
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