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Jim LeRoy (April 5, 1961 – July 28, 2007) was an American aerobatics pilot. He died upon impact in a crash at the Dayton Air Show in Ohio. Background
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.
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 people and had a $5 million impact on the Dayton region's local economy. [3] The 2012 show is estimated to have a $3 ...
Jul. 23—Attendees at the CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger couldn't hear the sound of their own cheering over the roar of the Thunderbirds F-16 fighter jets ripping through ...
On June 23, 2017, the day before an air show, a United States Air Force Thunderbirds F-16D jet, not scheduled to perform, was taxiing to a staging area after a familiarization flight, when witnesses reported a gust of wind flipped the aircraft onto its top in a grassy area next to the taxiway. Both the pilot and a team crew member were trapped ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Dayton Air Show parade, long a favorite part of the annual Vandalia event, is being replaced in 2025. Introducing the Vandalia Flight Festival. During the two nights of ...
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 ...
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;