happened yesterday at South Carolina. Lcdr Kevin Davis...this incident really hits me cause i met the guy just 6 days ago at their show in Corpus. very sad, prayers are out to him and his family..




Piloting the plane on the right


edit: these are pics i took while at last weeks show.

Oh shit!

Yea, just heard. Our local weather girl got to ride with him some months ago. He seemedto be a cool guy.

Tragic loss. My thoughts go out to the pilots family and his squadron-mates.

It is pretty horrific to see such a thing. I was at the 1989 airshow in Toronto when two of the RCAF Snowbirds collided. One pilot was able to eject, but the other jet augered into the lake at >250mph. I saw it go in. Could even hear the sound it made.

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(note - the pic is of the plane of the surviving pilot, who controlled his crippled, burning jet as long as he could before bailing out so that it wouldn't crash onto the spectators)

juan

Its sad these guys are the best of the best. But Im suprised this dosent happen more often. They fly 250 to 300 days a year.