Thoughts on this aftermath photo of the ‘Wings Over Dallas' Air Show Collision?

[LaFerrari]

Photos show the moments after Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Texas Raiders" and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in midair during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport.

Officials have released the names of the six people killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show. The victims are Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan Ragan, Leonard “Len” Root, and Curt Rowe.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Texas Raiders"

All of the victims were volunteers, but each had gone through a strict process of logging hours and training flights and were vetted carefully, Hank Coates, the CEO of Commemorative Air Force said at a weekend news conference.

The Commemorative Air Force: "We are heartbroken to announce that the following members of the Commemorative Air Force went west on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow while performing. Please join us in mourning the loss of our good friends and fellow airmen."

[DubiousIntentions]

There seems to have been no traffic control or something or they would have not been so close together. But shit happens, just like crashes such as the Reno air races that I saw an article on in which a highly modified P-51 Mustang crashed. Things like this are never 100% safe. Some wrench will always foul up the works.

[TheUniqueOne96]

Pretty crazy to capture a photo like that and of course, tragic.

[Guy13]

Tragic

[Jamie05rhs]

Very sad.