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defusted t1_jbz6yzm wrote

I haven't been to an air show since the crash shut down the one at the willow Grove joint reserve base.

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new_tanker OP t1_jbza6p3 wrote

I was at Willow Grove that day, too. That was such a sad thing to witness, especially as a child. It still haunts me to this day, nearly 23 years later.

The base had a couple more airshows after that year, until their last one in 2006.

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Tall-dAd-9789 t1_jc0kyov wrote

I used to go to those shows. I know there was a crash in a near by neighborhood at one but I also remeber being at one where a kid ejected himself from one of the planes on display. They used to let you sit in some of the planes on display. Somehow he got in and was able to launch the enjection seat. July 4th 1980 according to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_show_accidents_and_incidents_in_the_20th_century

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