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Pilots Killed at Two Air Shows

One collided with another plane, the other crashed doing loop-the-loop

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2007 6:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – A stunt pilot doing loop-the-loops at a Dayton air show was killed in a crash today, just a day after another pilot died in a Oshkosh, WI, air show. The stunt pilot was flying one of two S2S biplanes when he crashed at the end... Read full story »

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