Mid air collision at Dallas air show

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Mid air collision at Dallas Redbird airport (RBD) air show.

B-17 and Bell P63 King Cobra

 

[ausfox]

Sad news for many family and friends.

 

[UP4014]

Tragic loss.

 

[Saab34]

Looking at the bank angle it appears the cobra may not have seen the B-17, or they did originally then lost it in the turn and assumed they positioned ahead of it due to its faster speed.

Tragic loss all round. The B-17 crew really couldn’t do anything after impact. Terrible way to go.

 

[Princess Fiona]

The videos online are very confronting to watch.
My condolences to the families of those that lost their lives.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Sad way to go.
The P63 would fly a lot faster than the B17

2022 Wings Over Dallas airshow mid-air collision - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[UP4014]

Tragic loss all round. The B-17 crew really couldn’t do anything after impact. Terrible way to go.

I doubt they even knew what happened. Sad.

 

[Quickstatus]

Air shows can be tricky places for aircraft.

A lot of General aviation aircraft flying in and out (why drive - it’s an air show) in tight patterns often with more than one aircraft landing on same runway at the same time (landing spots displaced by some distance - aircraft a lands on yellow dot, aircraft b lands on green dot, aircraft c lands on red dot - all on the same runway).

ATC communication often one way because of the number of aircraft - something like this from 4:37 into video

 

[jb747]

It's difficult to say what has happened here. The 'cobra is a lot faster than the B-17, and is belly up the whole time, suggesting that he never saw the Fortress. My first thought was that it was the worst rejoin ever, but I wonder if they were actually operating independently. Another source said that the 'cobra may have been attempting to join up on a Mustang.

 

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Lots of aircraft flying in close proximity over the airport as part of a show. The B17 is the largest aircraft in photo flying from left to right. The Cobra is second from right)

Always an accident waiting to happen

(Screenshot part of a video - Twitter @JasonWhitely)

 

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