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The 2024 Thunder over Michigan Air Show will return to Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti on Saturday and Sunday. The annual event is presented by the Wayne County Airport Authority, with a variety ...
August 21 – Wing walker Todd Green fell 200 feet (60 m) while attempting an aircraft transfer from a Stearman to a Hughes 369 helicopter at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Air Show in Harrison Township, Michigan. He was seriously injured and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. [149] [150] August 20 – Death of Tom Egging.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline at the Selfridge Open House & Air Show this weekend. Gates open at 8 a.m., flying is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Selfridge Air National ...
June 1 – Air Show Colorado 1997 (Broomfield, Colorado) – Ret. Colonel "Smiling Jack" Jack M. Rosamond was killed when he lost control of his restored F-86 Sabre Jet during an acrobatic loop at the (then known as) Jefferson County Airport. Unseasonably high temperatures combined with the natural high elevation (5,673 ft) of the airport was ...
A pilot and crew member ejected from a vintage jet that crashed at a Michigan air show on Sunday, 13 August. Officials said the pair escaped serious injury and were taken to hospital after a ...
2006 USGS photo. Willow Run Airport covers 2,392 acres (968 ha) and has two runways, a continuously staffed FAA control tower, and US Customs operations. [1] It is one of two facilities operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the other being Detroit Metropolitan Airport, which replaced Willow Run as the major commercial airport for the region starting in 1958.
The United States Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City also offers an opportunity to meet the pilots and see the aircraft that are flown. To listen to the air show and the announcers live, listen to the 107.5 WCCW radio station where it is broadcast live. [4] The National Cherry Festival gives awards to a variety of people based on their ...
The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival is also held annually at Kellogg Airport. The 110th Wing [6] (110 WG), a unit of the Michigan Air National Guard, uses a portion of the airport as a military installation known as Battle Creek Air National Guard Base. The 110th Wing is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command ...