Blue Angels jet crashed today

[SmokeShowin]

A Blue Angels jet has gone down in a neighborhood in Beaufort, SC. A house is reportedly on fire. They were performing in a nearby airshow. A witness states he saw six jets fly behind a grove of trees and only five came out, he then saw a plume of smoke.

They're now reporting that the pilot was killed. He apparently clipped a set of power lines. Other reports say that it seemed as if the jet may have lost power.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_re_us/blue_angel_crash

:sad:

http://www.100megsfree2.com/srscherr/POW/images/BAmissingman2.jpg

[miclash1]

this is right where my son will be going to boot camp in Sept.

that sucks ! i wonder what could have happened, cuz very rarely is it pilot error.

[AirportFF]

this is right where my son will be going to boot camp in Sept.

that sucks ! i wonder what could have happened, cuz very rarely is it pilot error.



Actually most aircraft incidents can be traced back to pilot error. Or pilot error that CAUSED a mechanical failure

[miclash1]

airport
i just meant with these type of pilots

usually they are the best of the best.......

i do agree with you that most of the time it is pilot error. but the last time one of these guys crashed it was back in 98 or 99.

[RustyJake]

It's a shame when stuff like this happens. From what is being reported, he was in the Blue Angels for 2 years and this was his first airshow flight.
I'm sure all of the training they go through they are probably the safest out there, but accidents happen, and it's always a tragedy when a life is loss.

[AirportFF]

airport
i just meant with these type of pilots

usually they are the best of the best.......

i do agree with you that most of the time it is pilot error. but the last time one of these guys crashed it was back in 98 or 99.

I remember years ago the Thunderbirds lost 5 out of the 6 in practice. They were following each other in a dive. The first one went in and then 4 more followed him. The last guy managed to pull out in time.

They are great pilots. But I would take a pilot that is use to trying to evade a hostile fire in combat than a glorified stunt pilot as my wingman anyday.

Either way we lost a great, well trained pilot and my prayers are with his family.

[SmokeShowin]

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/bec48710-7946-41e1-896a-10e782b3c40f_sp.jpeg

Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis

32 years old from Pittsfield, MA





http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_5729973 (http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_5729973)






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[miclash1]

pittsfield is about 20 mins from my house.

i live in new york, but close to the border. we actually ski in pittsfield.

i feel so sad for his family. i saw on the news that he was from my area

i haven't read or watched anything else about it so i am not sure what the cause was. did they say what caused the crash?

[SmokeShowin]

The report will be out in 3 weeks.

About 2 1/2 hours from me.