The organisation told The Australian it understood the next of kin “wanted answers” but had to allocate its resources towards cases that would generate the “greatest public safety benefit”. The ATSB then subsequently said it was unable to investigate the incident because it has to prioritise its resources towards larger aircraft. It has been confirmed the second aircraft involved in the incident was not the tow plane. “We thought that didn’t sound like a gunshot, and we looked up and saw white bits of plane falling out of the sky.”īefore the crash, the glider and its tug aircraft took off from Gympie Aerodrome at Kybong, the home of Sunshine Coast Gliding Club. On Wednesday, a recreation aircraft and glider crashed into each other near the Sunshine Coast, killing the sole pilots, an 80-year-old, Christopher Turner and a 77-year-old as yet unidentified Glenwood man.Īustralian Aviation reported earlier this week how one witness told 7News he was sitting on his veranda when he heard a “big bang”. That it was able to be used in other roles too even after the war was over, shows the versatility the Lancaster had. The tragedy comes days after Australia saw its first mid-air collision in two years. via Warbirds News The Lancaster had quite humble beginnings in the form of the Manchester, but it became one of the most recognizable and most dependable aircraft the British had in World War 2.
The smaller P-63 Kingcobra was developed by Bell during World War II, and was primarily flown by the Soviet air forces. Most were scrapped after the war and only a few models surive today. It didn't take long for the Warbirds to make an impact in their second showdown with the Longhorns, putting up a 70-6 final score Saturday at the Ector County Coliseum. The huge B-17 was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and first saw combat in 1941, with the British RAF.īoeing built nearly 7,000 in various models, while a further 5,700 were built by Douglas and Lockheed. The incident took place at the Wings Over Dallas air show at Dallas Executive Airport, around 10 miles south of downtown Dallas.Īnother angle shows just how many planes were flying everywhere when the crash happened /bvS7DwBCSZ
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