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Airshows can be deadly to pilots, but up until this tragedy, safe for spectators: "John Cudahy, the president of the International Council of Air Shows, said Fr
by chaz 15y ago
Airshows can be deadly to pilots, but up until this tragedy, safe for spectators: "John Cudahy, the president of the International Council of Air Shows, said Friday that no spectators have died at any air show in the country since 1952."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-air-show-safety-20110917,0,6103017.story http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-air-sho...
- aw3c2 15y agoThere are airshows in other countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_airshow_disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_airshow_disaster (might even count as US ground as it was a US military base).
- tlrobinson 15y agoAlso Sknyliv: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster
- dhughes 15y ago1952? No way, I remember one where a jet hit the runway and a fireball engulfed the crowd that occurred probably in the late 1980s. I think after that crash aircraft were banned from flying towards or over spectators the planes had to fly parallel or away from the crowd.
- Fluxx 15y agoThe last 2 years I went to Osh Kosh (2006 and 2008) there were two fatalities - one when a visiting pilot crashed on his way in (a lot of people fly in and camp at the air show) and another when two reno air race plans doing a race demo collided on the way in for landing. The sad part about the later crash is that it was a father and son who collided and the son was the one who died.
- foxit 15y agoThe president of the International Council of Air Shows made a PR-effective statement. However, looking into the history of airshows makes them look rather dangerous. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airshow_accidents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airshow_accidents)