Airshow accident claims Jimmy Franklin, Bobby Younkin

[Taildragger]

http://start.shaw.ca/start/enca/news/NationalNewsArticle.htm?&src=n071151A.xml
I dunno if any of yall have heard of what happened just a few days ago, but two great airshow performers, Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, were killed during their airshow performance in a midair collision. I have seen the performance they were doing, called "Masters of Disaster," several times before and it includes another aircraft, flown by Jim LeRoy, and a jet truck... For those of yall who have heard of Jim Franklin and Bobby Younkin, you know just how good those guys were. Tragic accident, sad to see two great legends go that way.

 

[gregsivers]

I think they were in Pcola in Nov last year for the Blues homecoming show, if it was them it was a great show. The video of the midair is really sad.

 

[mustang_wife]

I saw this on of course one of those myspace my videos...then found this thread in a search. Thought I would post it...it looked like they were putting on such an amazing and daring show. Pretty incredible...I'm sure it would have been even more incredible to see this stunt first hand.


http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3548260

 

[phrogpilot73]

I saw this on of course one of those myspace my videos...then found this thread in a search. Thought I would post it...it looked like they were putting on such an amazing and daring show. Pretty incredible...I'm sure it would have been even more incredible to see this stunt first hand.


http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3548260

Wow, you resurrected a two year old thread...

 

[HH-60H]

Wow, you resurrected a two year old thread...

This could be a record.

 

[HooverPilot]

It may be an old thread, but you gotta give her props for doing a search before posting!