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It was known as Mount Comfort Airport until March 2011. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport [ 6 ] for Indianapolis International Airport .
July 10 – Pilots Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin were killed in a mid-air collision during a dogfight routine at the Saskatchewan Centennial Air Show in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. At the time of the accident, Franklin was piloting a Waco UPF-7 biplane, and Younkin was piloting a Wolf-Samson biplane, a 1980s replica of the 1948 Pitts Samson .
2 January. A package containing the explosive RDX is randomly placed in the luggage of an unknowing passenger at Poprad-Tatry Airport in Slovakia as part of a bomb-detection training exercise, but police fail to remove the package afterwards, and the luggage continues onto a Danube Wings flight to Dublin Airport where the unsuspecting passenger retrieves his explosive-laden luggage and takes ...
An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The largest air show measured by number of exhibitors and size of exhibit space is Le Bourget, followed by Farnborough, with ...
Planes fly closely passed each other at Boshears Skyfest 2014. The Boshears Skyfest has been an annual event in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) since 1991, with the exception of 2001, because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, [6] [7] and 2013, when the event was pushed back to Spring 2014 because of the 2013 federal government shutdown.
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A post office was established at Mount Comfort in 1851, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956. [3] Mount Comfort was platted as a town in about 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point. [4]
The airshow itself primarily showcases military aviation, with demonstrations from the USAF Thunderbirds, [1] United States Navy Blue Angels, US Army Golden Knights, [2] as well as demonstrations from current Air Force and Navy aircraft, such as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, AV-8B Harrier, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F/A-18F Super Hornet.