Jets collide
Two jets of the United States Navy’s Blue Angels precision-flying team collided yesterday during an air show stunt and crashed to the ground in flames. One pilot was killed, but the other parachuted to safety. Six Skyhawk fighterbombers were in the air when the two collided over Niagara Falls Air Force base, where the Western New York Air Show 'B5 was being held. One pilot apparently did not eject from his plane and died in the crash. The other parachuted- to safety. Mark Grossman, of Niagara Falls, a spectator at the show, said, “Two planes took off from opposite directions, made a circle and came back toward each other.
“As they passed each other, I saw an orange burst. Shortly after that, the planes went down and burst into flames when they hit the ground . A'
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Press, 15 July 1985, Page 6
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