L-39 Crashes at Quad Cities Airshow

Good Lord, that must have been horrible to witness.

I was surprised to hear about this. My original plans were to go to this airshow and take my 7 y.o. son. I'm glad I decided to take him to the Mizzou football game instead. I don't know how I would have explained such a tragic event to him.

R.I.P. to a great pilot.

But I have to question why they were flying if the remnants of Isaac were still in the area. Not trying to assign fault, but NTSB may determine weather was a factor. We'll have to wait and see.

As a side note on this story, the History Channel had a show last November 28th on Pawn Stars where the L39 was the star of the segment. "The Pawn Stars prepare for a dogfight when their radar locks onto an L39 Albatros fighter jet. Used by the Soviets to train their pilots, can Rick and Chumlee fly away with this Cold War era prize, or will they get shot down before they make it back to base?" Well they brought in their expert and they thought better of buying the aircraft because of ancillary costs involved in keeping the plane until they could find a buyer. They blurred the tail number of the aircraft so I don't know if it could be the same plane.

Such a shame. I can only imagine how the family feels.

While weather is always a concern, judging from the video, the weather during the show probably won't be a major concern during the investigation. I was flummoxed by the press coverage of the "dangers" associated with the ejection seat. I am pretty sure civil versions of this aircraft must fly with inert seats. Is that not correct?

oh man thats awful

(Duplicate Squawk Submitted)

Air show act gone wrong. Pilot killed.

A pilot flying in formation with two other retired military jets failed to come out of a 45-degree bank during a Quad-City Air Show performance, crashing Saturday afternoon into a field just north of Interstate 80.

http://www.kwqc.com/story/19435419/deadly-crash-at-air-show