West Virginia Airshow crash 2011 Just a day after Reno Crash

The second deadly air show crash in 24 hours has left one pilot dead in West Virginia and prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to dispatch an investigator to the site where an aerobatic demonstration plane plunged into a runway and exploded as spectators looked on.

Thousands of people were watching from a distance but no one was injured when a T-28 fixed-wing plane in a civilian aerobatics group wobbled and crashed Saturday, authorities said. Many in the crowd hugged each other and cried after seeing the aircraft appear to disintegrate in a fireball.
The ill-fated aircraft was part of a T-28 acrobatic team that tours the nation performing in air shows such as the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow organized over the weekend at an airport near Martinsburg, according to Gen. James Hoyer, West Virginia Air National Guard adjutant.
The rest of the air show, including Sunday's planned performances, were canceled.

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[PassestBarbie]

@MrJdsenior No the one that crash thought they were going to colide so he panicked. If you were accually there you could see the engine explode before it hit the ground soo

[PassestBarbie]

I was there with my 4 little cousins and my friend. It was all loud then when the plain crashed all you hurd was a baby crying.

[MrJdsenior]

Looks like they collided in the pass. Did they?

[sk8erdude0412]

shit... FFFFUUUUUUUUU-

[ChicaWolverina]

The "announcer" is such a Stepford Wife cuckoo airhead.

[jrohrback]

The announcer is a little too calm

[DangerDudeStudios1]

Its the end of the world.

[motocrosschamp69]

the lord giveth and the lord taketh away

[stinkbugist]

was it a t-28

[wingwalk1]

One air show crash in 24 hours, the other was an Air Racing Accident!