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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.
On June 22, 2013, a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 stunt plane carrying wing walker Jane Wicker crashed at the Vectren Dayton Air Show, killing both Wicker and pilot Charlie Schwenker. The airplane completed a "tear drop" style turn as the wing walker positioned herself on the lower left wing. The airplane then rolled left to fly inverted.
In 2023, an air show with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, The Flying Bulls, The Red Bull Team, and the F-22 Raptor Demo Team was held, along with a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet of VFA-122, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle of the 159th Fighter Wing, A B-25D "Rosie's Reply" of the Twelfth Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing, 340th Bombardment ...
Crashed into a factory chimney; see 1937 Sabena Junkers Ju 52 Ostend crash: Jane Dornacker: United States 1986 Actress and radio station traffic reporter Enstrom F-28: New York City Main rotor seizure due to improper maintenance. Dornacker was live on the air for WNBC (AM) at the time of the crash. Randy Dorton: United States 2004
On Sept. 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed in Charlotte, killing 72 passengers. Ten people survived. It remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.
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Wing walking is the act of moving along the wings of an aeroplane (most commonly a biplane) during flight, sometimes transferring between planes. It originated as a daredevil stunt in the aerial barnstorming shows of the 1920s, and became the subject of several Hollywood movies.
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 ...