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27. On September 24, 1972, a privately owned Canadair Sabre Mk. 5 fighter jet, piloted by Richard L. Bingham, failed to take off while leaving the "Golden West Sport Aviation Air Show" at Sacramento Executive Airport in Sacramento, California, United States. The airplane crashed into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor killing 22 on the ground and ...
The airshow was suspended after the accident. [4] May 25 – A Spitfire crashed in a field during a Battle of Britain event at RAF Coningsby just before 1.20pm, killing the pilot. [5] May 12 – Two jets touch wings during a formation flight at an air show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
June 22 – Wings Over Long Island Airshow – (Westhampton, New York) – Two planes racing collided over Francis S. Gabreski Airport in front of 15,000 spectators. Pilot Dick Goodlett died when his aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The second plane crash-landed, critically injuring pilot Chris Kalishek.
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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: two pilots, three flight attendants, and 83 passengers.
The Commemorative Air Force on Monday released the names of all six flight crew members who were killed when a P-63 Kingcobra collided with a B-17 Flying Fortress at the CAF’s Wings Over Dallas ...
1952 F-89 airshow crash USA: Detroit: F-89 Scorpion: Design flaw 2 Wing broke off during flypast [2] 1952-09-06 1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash: UK: Farnborough, Hampshire: de Havilland DH.110: Design flaw 31 Leading edge aeroelastic flutter caused the aircraft to breakup and crash into the crowd 1953-02-06 National Airlines Flight 470 ...
Boeing built 6,981 B-17s; another 5,745 were built by Douglas and Lockheed under a collaborative effort, according to Boeing. A B-17 with 13 people aboard crashed at a 2019 air show in Connecticut ...