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Dayton is the hometown of the Wright brothers and is where Orville and Wilbur built their first powered aircraft. [2] The show's main sponsor is CenterPoint Energy and it is considered to be one of the country's premier aviation events. It was sponsored by Vectren until 2018. It is estimated that the 2010 Dayton Air Show attracted nearly 80,000 ...
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.
June 23 – A F-16D used by the Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic team ran off the runway and overturned, injuring the plane's pilot while preparing for the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Capt. Erik Gonsalves and a passenger, Technical Sgt. Kenneth Cordova, were trapped in the aircraft for over an hour. Cordova was uninjured.
— Nov. 12, 2022: A P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided with a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at a Dallas air show, killing all six people aboard the two vintage aircraft.
Lists of air show accidents and incidents give lists of accidents and incidents at air shows. They include: List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century; List of air show accidents and incidents in the 21st century
Jul. 6—The Dayton Air Show is fast approaching, and show leaders continue to refine traffic and parking plans in an effort to avoid the traffic hassles that tormented last year's show, when some ...
May 21—A specialty air acrobatics act that features airplanes losing parts, engines shutting off mid-flight and "extraordinary" landings has been added to the 2022 CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air ...
Loss of right wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight; [14] Maj. William B. Robertson also dies in this accident [15] Nick Begich Sr. United States 1972 US Congressman from Alaska Cessna 310: Alaska, United States Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Hale Boggs was also on this flight. Derek Bennett ...