Simviation Forum - It keeps getting worse. Biplane crashes at airshow, one dead

Aug 20^th, 2011 at 4:10pm

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http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/20/3088150/aircraft-crashes-at-air-show-one.ht...

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Reply #1 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 4:12pm

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looks lik it was Bryan Jensen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsdxBj3P3s

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Reply #2 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 4:20pm

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This has not been a good weekend for aviation Cry

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Reply #3 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 5:17pm

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I was shocked to learn of this today. I was planning on attending this airshow tomorrow because Bryan is a friend of my family. My grandfather taught him how to fly. He worked at my grandfather's airport to earn money for lessons. Somewhere there is a picture of him and my grandfather standing in front of the Christan Eagle he learned aerobatics in. My mother grew up with him and it was hard giving her the news when I got home from the Wichita airshow today.

My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

Not feeling like going back out to another airshow after this weekend.

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Reply #4 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 5:31pm

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my prayers are with Bryan's family and friends

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Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 9:55pm

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I was there. Came to Kansas City to visit some friends and go to the airshow. Truly sad, I didn't know of him before today but he was putting on a good show until it happened. RIP

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Reply #6 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 8:13am

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He was supposed to be performing at an airshow next weekend we are going to at ALO. Coincidentally, this show will be the first for Kyle Franklin since Amanda's death.

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Reply #7 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 5:25pm

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And yet another accident
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/go/article/view/air_shows/military/247139/plane_to_he...

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Reply #8 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:00pm

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Pubba02 wrote on Aug 21^st, 2011 at 5:25pm:

And yet another accident
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/go/article/view/air_shows/military/247139/plane_to_he...

Unfortunate, but the real sad thing here is risks like that DO NOT need to be taken. It's one thing to fly an aerobatic aircraft but to transfer from plane to helicopter without a safety wire or parachute?! It's stupid...prayers with the family but I'm sorry, that shouldn't have been done in the first place.

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Reply #9 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:56pm

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Just a very bad weekend for the airshow crowd. Three accidents, and three deaths. I only hope next weekend is better, as I am supposed to be attending the Thunder in the Valley in Waterloo, Iowa.

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Reply #10 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 5:33am

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Aug 21^st, 2011 at 9:00pm:

Pubba02 wrote on Aug 21^st, 2011 at 5:25pm:

And yet another accident
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/go/article/view/air_shows/military/247139/plane_to_he...

Unfortunate, but the real sad thing here is risks like that DO NOT need to be taken. It's one thing to fly an aerobatic aircraft but to transfer from plane to helicopter without a safety wire or parachute?! It's stupid...prayers with the family but I'm sorry, that shouldn't have been done in the first place.

I have to agree, but in this day and age, our attention span has been reduced to 5 minutes and as such, risk inflation has taken over to keep the masses entertained Undecided

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