2003 Vectren Dayton Airshow - Jimmy Franklin

Jimmy Franklin
Jet-Powered Waco

2003 Vectren Dayton Airshow
Dayton International Airport
Dayton, Ohio
Friday July 18, 2003

IN THIS VIDEO, watch as Jimmy Franklin takes the Waco JMF-87 up for an aerobatic performance over Dayton International Airport. This was my first time shooting video of Jimmy Franklin, so I had no idea when his performance would begin. Tragically Jimmy lost his life on July 10, 2005 while flying the X-Team "Masters of Disaster" performance in Moose Jaw, SK (Canada). Fellow pilot, performer, and friend Bobby Younkin also lost his life in the same incident. Both pilots will be and are already missed greatly by everyone in the airshow industry, and especially by myself.

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• Jimmy
• Franklin
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• Powered
• Bi-Plane
• Biplane
• Waco
• Aerobatics
• Vectren
• Dayton
• Airshow
• Air
• Show
• 2003

[snipey852]

Unfortunately Jimmy Franklin went to a better place along with Bobby Younkin due to a crash they had in Canada while performing the Masters of Disaster airshow a couple of years ago. Jim Leroy, Jimmy Franklin, and Bobby Younkin, the 3 original members of the Masters of Disaster have unfortunately left us for a better place.

[rcmadeeasy]

lero died from a crash at the dyton air show i saw the hole thing a very sad day and i saw jimmy when this was taped ever scince 1996 ive been coming to the dayton airshow always an awsome event im now 14 hope to see jimmy there this year 5 stars

[Pier2pie]

How did they both die? And how did Jimmy leroy die?

[RogerjTurner]

Anyone ever seen a more exciting flying display? If you have, I'd like to see it! I saw him at Oshkosh 2004 and it knocked my socks off! Pretty aeroplane.

[Trucker326]

It must have been really hard to control a Bi-Plane with a jet engine strap to the bottom. He was a very good pilot God rest his soul. Keep up doing the aerobatics in the sky.

[airshow4444]

Anyone know the song in this video? 1st one