Thunderbird F-16 Flips at Dayton Airshow
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Latest from the Thunderbirds. Pilot and Maintainer on board at the time.
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Ricky Matthews - AirshowStuff Photographer/Reporter
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Thunderbird #1 says that injuries are non-life threatening. Backseater had no visible injuries. Doing "just fine." Pilot had lacerations and injuries to leg but is in stable to good condition and doing well.
Pilot was Capt. Erik "Speedy" Gonsalves. Tech Sargent Kenneth Cordova was the backseater. He was on a familiarization flight.
Pilot: http://afthunderbirds.com/site/team_mem ... gonsalves/
Maintainer: http://afthunderbirds.com/site/team_mem ... h-cordova/
Plane took off around 10:30 am this morning. Weather at the time met the criteria for the flight. He flew an instrument procedure approach to recover to the base. Mishap happened after landing on Runway 6L.
An accident safety board will investigate and the results will be made public.
Pilot was Capt. Erik "Speedy" Gonsalves. Tech Sargent Kenneth Cordova was the backseater. He was on a familiarization flight.
Pilot: http://afthunderbirds.com/site/team_mem ... gonsalves/
Maintainer: http://afthunderbirds.com/site/team_mem ... h-cordova/
Plane took off around 10:30 am this morning. Weather at the time met the criteria for the flight. He flew an instrument procedure approach to recover to the base. Mishap happened after landing on Runway 6L.
An accident safety board will investigate and the results will be made public.
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Thunderbird #1 says that the team will NOT be flying on Saturday. Unsure if they will fly Sunday.
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Ricky Matthews - AirshowStuff Photographer/Reporter
The Thunderbirds announced on Facebook that they will not perform on Sunday. Of course this was only announced after the Saturday show had concluded. "Speedy" remains in the hospital.
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Ryan Sundheimer
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I keep reading that the Thunderbirds have been "grounded" after the crash. Does that mean they'll just sit the weekend out or will there be a mandatory stand down period like last year?
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I don't expect it will last past this weekend, but I'm not surprised they canceled these two show days. We'll see if they announce anything further I guess
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Ryan Sundheimer
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I just shared this video on our Facebook page, the flipped F-16 is definitely done for! They broke the entire front of the fuselage off from the rest.
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Ryan Sundheimer
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Looks like the wreckage photos and video have been removed, but good news is that the team will return to flying operations with a practice tomorrow!
https://airshowstuff.com/v4/2017/thunde ... -incident/
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