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NEWS ABOUT: air show

air show stories: 4 news summaries



 Paris Air Show 
 Hits Turbulence 



Tragedy, economic losses hang over 100th show

Jun 15, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clouds hang over the launch of the 100th anniversary Paris Air Show today as investigators continue to pore over the wreckage of Air France flight 447. Bad business news combines with the tragedy to make this year's event less than stellar. Russia's first post-Soviet jetliner is expected to upstage Western... More »

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Russia • air show • airline industry • Paris Air Show • plane crash • Air France

 Bill Murray Drops In on Air Show 

Actor hurls himself from 13,500 feet for perfect landing at Chicago show

Aug 16, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wisecracking comedian Bill Murray launched himself from 13,500 feet to start off the Chicago Air and Water Show yesterday, AP reports. "Is there some frequent flier program?" quipped the 57-year-old actor before leaping from a plane and executing several spins strapped to the belly of a sergeant from... More »

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Chicago • air show • Bill Murray • skydiving • actor • parachute

Pilots Killed at Two Air Shows

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

Jul 28, 07 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 of the runway, before thousands... More »

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air show • crash • plane crash • aviation • plane • pilot

Pilot Killed in S.C. Blue Angel Crash

First crash of elite Navy flyers since 1999

Apr 22, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis crashed his F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter today during an air show in Beaufort, SC where he and five other members of the Blue Angel demonstration team were flying. The crash took the pilot’s life and also injured eight people on the ground. More »

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Navy • fighter jet • air show • Kevin Davis • Beaufort • Blue Angel • crash • plane crash • accident

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