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It is reported that 58-year-old "Wild Bill" Walker experienced G-LOC during an aerobatic "heart" maneuver and was fatally injured in the resulting crash. [157] March 12 – Wingwalkers Kyle and Amanda Franklin were severely injured while performing their Pirated Skies wing walking act at the CAF 2011 Air Fiesta in Brownsville, Texas.
The crash occurred on the final day of ... 2013 — A pilot and a wing-walker were killed when their World War II-era Boeing-Stearman IB75A biplane crashed into the ground and burst into flames ...
Wing walking, airplane stunts Lillian Boyer (January 15, 1901 – February 1, 1989) was an American wing walker who performed numerous aerial stunts that included wing walking, automobile-to-airplane transfers, and parachute jumps between 1921 and 1929.
On 1 May 1994 at Luskintyre a Tiger Moth was to do a wing walking display for a group of canteen kids (kids with cancer). On take-off a carburettor fault caused a loss of engine power, the port wing stalled and the aircraft spun into the ground and burst into flames. Both the pilot and the wing-walker were killed in the accident. [3]
Some experts say that the crash of Continental Express Flight 2574 was the most dramatic turning point for "safety culture" in the United States. [10] NTSB member Dr. John Lauber suggested that the probable cause of the accident included "The failure of Continental Express management to establish a corporate culture which encouraged and ...
The wing walker Kirsten Pobjoy (who was able to return to the cockpit immediately prior to the crash) received minor injuries, the pilot David Barrell (in the rear cockpit) was unhurt. They were both promptly rescued from the water by a nearby motorboat, assessed by event medical staff at the scene, and subsequently in hospital.
The pilot who ejected from an F-16 earlier today is in good condition and was released from a local hospital. The F-16 assigned to the 49th Wing crashed at approximately 11:50 a.m. in the White ...
The force of the crash sheared off the landing gear and the two right-wing mounted engines. The airframe broke in two and was ignited by burning fuel from fuel tank explosions. Six of the 24 people aboard the aircraft perished: Major William R. Bennett; Captain Larry A. Mayfield; 1st Lieutenant Loren O. Ginter; Master Sergeant Stephen L. Kish ...