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The 1982 Diamond Crash was the worst operational accident to befall the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Team involving show aircraft. [1] Four Northrop T-38 Talon jets crashed during operational training on 18 January 1982, killing all four pilots.
Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution.
The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more than 100 people were killed due to a microburst. These crashes likely helped to drive the need to ...
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 .
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As the Mexican Army had approached San Antonio, several of the Alamo defenders brought their families into the Alamo to keep them safe. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] During the twelve days of the siege, Alamo co-commander William Barret Travis sent multiple couriers to the acting Texas government , the remaining Texas army under James Fannin , and various Texas ...
The USAF Thunderbirds suffered their first fatal crash at an air show during Transpo 72 at Dulles International Airport. Major Joe Howard flying Thunderbird 3, McDonnell Douglas F-4E-32-MC Phantom II , 66-0321 , experienced a loss of power during a vertical manoeuver, and broke out of the formation just after it completed a wedge roll and was ...
This was the last aviation accident on the Lady Lex before her retirement to a museum ship at Corpus Christi, Texas. [264] Killed in the crash were the pilot, Ensign Steven E. Pontell, 23, Columbia, Maryland, who was alone in the two-seat trainer; Lexington crewmen Petty Officer 3rd Class Burnett Kilgore Jr., 19, Holly Springs, Mississippi ...