– October 2, 2019: A four-engine B-17G Flying Fortress propeller-driven bomber with 13 people on board crashed at Bradley International Airport, north of Hartford, Connecticut, during a vintage aircraft tour. Seven people were killed and six were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that pilot error was the likely cause, while inadequate maintenance was a contributing factor.
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– November 17, 2018: A privately owned vintage World War II Mustang airfield fighter crashed into the parking lot of an apartment complex in Fredericksburg, Texas, killing the pilot and a passenger. The P-51D Mustang was returning after flying during a living history exhibit at the National Museum of the Pacific War. The aircraft was destroyed and several vehicles in the parking lot were damaged. Story continues below ad – August 4, 2018: A 79-year-old Junkers Ju-52 plane operated by the Swiss company Ju-Air crashed into the Piz Segnas mountain near the ski resort of Flims in eastern Switzerland, killing all 20 on board. Retired from Switzerland’s air force in 1981, the German-built plane carried tourists who wanted to take “adventure flights” to experience the country’s landscape in vintage planes. Swiss investigators said “high-risk flights” by the pilots led to the crash. _ May 30, 2018: A small vintage plane participating in a GEICO stunt team with five other planes crashed in a wooded residential area in Melville, New York, killing the pilot. The World War II-era SNJ-2 aircraft, known as the North American T-6 Texan, had departed from a nearby airport and was en route to Maryland when it crashed. Current trend
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_ July 16, 2017: A pilot and an airport manager were killed in Cummings, Kansas, when their WWII-era P-51D Mustang “Baby Duck” crashed in a field. Authorities say the pilot was recreating a stunt he had performed the day before at the Amelia Earhart Festival. _ January 26, 2017: A World War II-era Grumman G-73 Mallard flying boat stalled and crashed into the Swan River in Perth, Australia, during Australia Day celebrations. Both the pilot and his passenger died. – August 27, 2016: An Alaskan pilot was killed when his 450 Stearman biplane, a World War II-era plane often used for military training, crashed during the Airshow of the Cascades in Madras, Oregon. Story continues below ad – July 17, 2016: A T-28 Trojan, used by the US military as a trainer aircraft since the 1950s and also as a counterinsurgency aircraft during the Vietnam War, crashed at the Cold Lake Air Show in Alberta, killing the pilot. Thousands of spectators watched the accident. – August 22, 2015 _ A 1950s-era Hawker Hunter T7 jet has crashed on a busy highway near West Sussex, England, killing 11 and injuring more than a dozen others. Investigators said the pilot, who survived, was flying too low and slow to successfully complete a loop-the-loop. He was charged with 11 counts of involuntary manslaughter, but was eventually acquitted. – June 22, 2013: A pilot and a wing walker were killed when the WWII-era Boeing-Stearman IB75A biplane crashed into the ground and burst into flames during a performance at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in Vandalia, Ohio. Thousands of spectators watched the crash, which federal safety investigators said was likely caused by pilot error. – September 16, 2011 – The pilot of a 70-year-old modified P-51D Mustang named the Galloping Ghost lost control of the aircraft at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, and crashed into spectators, killing 10 and injuring more than 60. He died and the pilot. Federal investigators blamed the crash on worn parts and speed. © 2022 The Canadian Press
