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July 14 – Flying Legends Air Display (Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England) – Pilot Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot was killed when his Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft crashed and cartwheeled while performing a roll maneuver. Several aircraft on the ground were damaged or destroyed. [30]
List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century List of air show accidents and incidents in the 21st century This article includes an events-related list of lists .
June 29 – Flying Circus Aerodrome, Bealeton, Virginia – While performing a routine act in the Flying Circus Airshow, a Waco UPF-7 biplane experienced a total loss of power and was forced to make an emergency landing in an adjacent field. However, the landing roll was too fast for the pilot to safely stop the aircraft before it impacted a ...
This list is a subset of the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location; it is also available: grouped by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft; grouped by airline; in alphabetical order; For alternative, more exhaustive lists, see: Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives; Aviation Safety Network
Ironically this was the nearest Duxford came to being destroyed as no significant wartime German raids were carried out on the aerodrome. The French château, seen at the beginning of the film, was constructed on the south-west corner of the airfield. Around 1968 the Cambridge University Gliding Club moved some of its flying to Duxford ...
List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in 50 or more fatalities. Initial sort order is by total fatalities (descending) and then by date (most recent to most distant). Deaths T Incident [a] Aircraft Location Phase Airport Distance Date Tot C P G N; est. 1,700 [b] 11 81 est. 1,600 † INH American Airlines Flight 11: Boeing 767-223ER
On 18 July 1996, in a notorious piece of flying as part of the filming for a television series entitled The Air Show, for a programme about the history of the Spitfire, Hanna flew one across the grounds of Duxford Aerodrome at deck level to the rear of Alain de Cadenet presenting, in a prearranged stunt that was a little lower than had been ...
Flying Legends is a two-day airshow in England, originally held in July every year. The airshow features only warbird and vintage aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B. It is run by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, formerly RAF Duxford.