Commemorative Air Force continues with annual Veterans Day Weekend event but nixes air show this year after deadly Wings Over Dallas collision.
Mid-air collision at 2022 air show killed six people aboard two planes. The air show will return in 2024, organizers say.
A sign marks the entrance to one of the Dallas Executive Airport buildings on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. A crash between a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra took place at the airfield a day earlier.killed six crewmen in front of a large crowd, the Commemorative Air Force will host its annual Veterans Day Weekend event in Dallas without the air show.
This year’s event is called the Aviation Discovery Festival and will still offer attendees the opportunity to pay to fly in historic aircraft, according to the CAF website.A midair collision between a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra occurred during the air show performance of the Wings Over Dallas event the afternoon of Nov. 12, 2022.
In the months since, no other official documents or reports have been released. The wife and daughters of Len Root, one of the pilots who died in the collision,in August. The defendants include CAF, the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc. and the American Airpower Heritage Museum Inc. The latter two entities own and maintain the aircraft involved in the incident, according to the lawsuit.
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