B-17 & P-63 Midair Collision

[Abby Normal]

I’m sure y’all have seen the news of the Dallas crash but if you have been to an air show since 1980 or watched a movie with Real planes then you have seen the B-17 Texas Raiders flying. It usually had an American & Texas flag flying from the cockpit when on the ground. This one crash took 5 or 6 souls from the Commemorative Air Force & 2 flying historic artifacts.
So please say a pray for those lost & their family and friends.
Here’s a good explanation of what happened.

 

[XD-GEM]

What a horrible loss.

 

[Bam Bam]

Yes, being an aviation nut especially WW2 warbirds I saw what happened. It is very sad this happened and prayers to those families who lost someone, tragic. I can see how this could have easily happened and what most people think happened. But I'm not going to armchair quarterback and say what I think, I wasn't there but there is lots of good video evidence which should explain what happened. If you've ever sit in one of those type aircraft you definitely notice the lack of visibility forward/under the nose. Also with the amount of aircraft in the same general airspace at one time, extreme care must be taken to avoid this type of accident. I'm not against this type of flying demonstration, but think it must be safe for the crowd and pilots themselves. I know of numerous airshow accidents that has claimed the lives of the crowd and participants as well. Not only the destruction of historic aircraft. Sad this happened and prayers for the CAF community.

 

[BOSS351]

 

[Abby Normal]

The NTSB just released a preliminary report and it it Very Bad! You just have to watch to understand what happened. The traffic patterns were changed in flight. Both planes were told to cross flight paths. Unbelievable!

 

[Bam Bam]

Wow, common sense would say NEVER make these aircraft cross paths unrehearsed/unplanned. That just don't make any sense and that Air Boss has his ass in a crack now.

 

[BOSS351]

Wow interesting report…thanks Abby.

 

[Abby Normal]

With all the videos I looked at, I figured it was going to be the P-63 pilots fault, but he was just following the air bosses commands.
I reminds me of a seen of The Mad Hatter yelling “Change Places!” So so Sad.

 

[dantheman]

My dad was a gunner on a B-17 . Seeing one of these few remaining warbirds go down is sickening .