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#143875 - 09/15/03 02:44 AM Thunderbird down!
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No one hurt fortunately.



From CNN ;

" According to witnesses, the jet was the last of six to take off and climbed straight into the sky. The pilot maneuvered the jet into a dive and steered toward the crowd. The jet seemed to suffer an engine failure when the pilot tried to pull up, witnesses said. "


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#143876 - 09/15/03 02:57 AM Re: Thunderbird down!
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Registered: 11/12/01
Loc: US
Definately a shame, as any loss of aircraft is, but we should give thanks that the pilot, nor spectators were injured...


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#143877 - 09/15/03 03:23 AM Re: Thunderbird down!
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According to witnesses, the jet was the last of the six to take off. It climbed straight into the sky and the pilot performed a barrel roll.

While upside down, the pilot maneuvered the jet into a dive. As the jet continued to dive, it appeared to have an engine failure when the pilot struggled to pull up


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scary, glad to hear that not only the pilot is okay but he was able to keep the plane away from the crowd

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#143878 - 09/15/03 03:37 AM Re: Thunderbird down!
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Registered: 12/20/01
Loc: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Unfortunately, things like this will always happen. Good thing no one was hurt this time.

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#143879 - 09/15/03 06:01 AM Re: Thunderbird down!
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#143880 - 09/15/03 03:21 PM Re: Thunderbird down!
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More video here . No registration you just have to watch a windows media player ad.

Unfortunately the camera operator doesn't follow the plane very well over the back side of the loop to see if there is any smoke or flame coming out of the engine. It looks like the timing of the punch out was very close, another second or so and might not have made it.

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