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Offline 68valu

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another airshow mishap!
« on: August 21, 2011, 06:32:08 PM »
Seems like a lot of deaths at airshows this summer.

http://news.yahoo.com/wingwalker-dies-fall-michigan-air-show-224041868.html
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Offline Tupac

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Re: another airshow mishap!
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2011, 07:43:43 PM »
That was Todd Green......he also was a wingwalker for the Franklin Flying Circus on occasion..........
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Re: another airshow mishap!
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2011, 07:52:51 PM »
There was a stunt biplane flwen by Bryan Jensen crash at Kansas City yeserday. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLHjfMNwdYg&feature=related
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Re: another airshow mishap!
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 08:08:31 AM »
Quote from: 68valu on August 21, 2011, 06:32:08 PM
Seems like a lot of deaths at airshows this summer.

http://news.yahoo.com/wingwalker-dies-fall-michigan-air-show-224041868.html

I thought wingwalking was banned back in the early 1900's, due to similar accidents?




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