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I just got to walk through Texas Raider last weekend and take some pictures. Watched the crew fire up the engines and take off. They were at the local Veterans celebration show last weekend. I hope it wasn't them. Got to see Aluminum Overcast a few years ago. Terrible thing, may have been several crew aboard.
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This is so sad.
Does anyone know the registration numbers of the aircraft involved?
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There were only 5 or 6 B-17s still airworthy. The Confederate Air Force use to have a few. I almost bought a ride on one in the late 90s. With a young family and payments, I couldn’t justify the $400.
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I just got to walk through Texas Raider last weekend and take some pictures. Watched the crew fire up the engines and take off. They were at the local Veterans celebration show last weekend. I hope it wasn't them. Got to see Aluminum Overcast a few years ago. Terrible thing, may have been several crew aboard. Not many in those crews these days, nor pilots. Back when the CAF was in Midland, I had a friend who was heavily involved with them. They knew their crew and pilots were dwindling due to age. He asked if I'd be willing to train to fly for them, as I'd accumulated quite a few flight hours at that time, but I couldn't take the time and expense personally to do that. Sad day. There'll come a day when don't see them anymore.
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Man,.....that's terrible. You would think that they would have a bit more coordination than that.
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The NTSB said then that it had investigated 21 accidents since 1982 involving World War II-era bombers, resulting in 23 deaths.
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Man,.....that's terrible. You would think that they would have a bit more coordination than that. Thanks, Bristoe.
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Hate to see stuff like that. Really hate it.
I am..........disturbed.
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Yea
this really sucks
Six people died from the reports I see
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Can't see through the bottom of the cockpit. Hurt to watch.
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The Commemorative Air Force has owned and flown Texas Raiders for twenty-five years at least, maybe a lot longer.
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I walked through the "Texas Raider" at the Millville Airport back in '83.
Such a tragedy, both for the crews and their families, and an irreplaceable icon of WW II history.
May they Rest in Peace, and may God comfort the families.
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Air shows are dangerous… especially for spectators
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I was hoping this was a joke when I saw the thread 🙁
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I just got to walk through Texas Raider last weekend and take some pictures. Watched the crew fire up the engines and take off. They were at the local Veterans celebration show last weekend. I hope it wasn't them. Got to see Aluminum Overcast a few years ago. Terrible thing, may have been several crew aboard. Not many in those crews these days, nor pilots. Back when the CAF was in Midland, I had a friend who was heavily involved with them. They knew their crew and pilots were dwindling due to age. He asked if I'd be willing to train to fly for them, as I'd accumulated quite a few flight hours at that time, but I couldn't take the time and expense personally to do that. Sad day. There'll come a day when don't see them anymore. Barry, how long ago was that ??? About 15 years ago, One of my best friends’s Dad got killed training someone to fly for the Confederate Air Force in Midland. He was a former Nam fighter pilot than flew for the CAF and did their training. From what I heard, the guy he was training put the plane into a nose dive that they couldn’t pull out of. Bad Deal. The Midland CAF did a flyover for his funeral.
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Can't see through the bottom of the cockpit. Hurt to watch. You can in an F-35 😁
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