My heart goes out to the pilots. My hats off to the camera man and editor. I know that it was a sad day for the pilots but that video capture was phenomenal.
@@gunrunner4637 Kind of like riding a motorcycle. I flew a P51 for a little while. Took me months to lovingly build it. Crashed on the 4th flight I think. It was heartbreaking and didn't have the heart to rebuild. Respect to the guys who love this so much they carry on. It wasn't for me but I certainly admire the planes and those who excel at building and flying them.
We fliers enjoy the spectacular crashes (and this was a gooden) but we are not heartless we have been there ourselves and know the the emotions. Sympathy to the builders and pilots and thanks for being prepared to share. Two beautiful models that deserved their time in the air. Hopefully they donate their organs to a future project. Cheers from NZ.
A number of people here have complained that this video shows "Senseless," "Avoidable risk," "Showing off," "Hot Dogging," and "Taking Huge Risk's." While all of this is true TO SOME EXTENT, I normally fly large (100cc class) 3D aircraft, every flight is wrought with possible threats: Wind changes, mechanical, technical, structural, and pilot errors. Every flight. I've had losses, just like everyone else, and I work for a living, just like most of those in our hobby. But if I wanted to "play-it-safe," I'd be flying a trike trainer or Cessna in a slow race track pattern, and only when no one else was in the air. The ONLY TIME I fly a warbird is in formation flight: they just don't have the performance or challenge for me otherwise. Flying R/C is a gamble, and like gambling, don't risk what you can't afford to lose. Mid-airs happen even when there are only 2 planes in the air, and people are flying conservatively. Personally, if I'm not being challenged, I'll stay home and watch TV. While I take great care of my planes and equipment before and after flying, my flying risks my aircraft, perhaps more than you do yours, but because of the skills I've developed by flying the way I do, I have prevented crashes too. My point is, if you want nothing more than to putt around with a Piper Cub, or stay aloft for an hour with your sailplane, more power to you. I would never put you down for it, but it would bore me to tears. If, however, someone else wants to fly 150 MPH pylon racing, or 3D, or formation, or whatever, I can't figure out why anyone would feel the need to castigate someone else willing to take a calculated risk to improve themselves. Unless it's jealousy.
Because they are too chicken shit or cheap to take that risk with their own a\c so they want nothing more than to prevent you from doing it. Reason, you may actually succeed in your attempt.
Why is this called "Formation" when it should be called "Flying Around in a Circle Until the Fastest Plane Ass-Packs a Slower One?" Ain't nuthin' "formation" about it..
I have been flying RC since 1972, I've had more that a few mid-airs. In the formation flying we usually tried to match airplanes with similar performance. Having flying so many years plus building and tested many aircraft for Chermark and Nitroplanes, I've built up quite a collection of planes. When it came to formation flying I used a P-40, P-51, or FW-190 for the prop planes, F-4 , ME-262, or F9F Panther for EDF, B-25, B-17, C-47, or PBY Catalina for the multi engine, J-3 Piper Cub, or Cessna for the Civilian, Christensen Eagle, Pitts Special, or Areomaster for bi-planes. By far warbirds are the most impressive in formation. I had only one midair in formation flying and that was when my F9F nose clipped a F-4 wing and took out his aileron. A mid air is always a risk when we fly.
They were both beautiful aircraft, such detail. They were so accurately detailed is a better way to describe them. I am planning a trip to Texas the summer of '21, I'd like to visit this place when they have the soonest event to my arrival. I can only imagine the heartache the Pilots are going through with all the time and the love of their creation. Thank you for sharing.
Its an occupational hazard of RC flying and the hobby wouldn’t be the same without it. My wife claims i do it on purpose from time to time to make room in the garage for another one
then your wife will say you spend more time with that dam model then me just one thing you need to remember never upset a lady if she is in the kitchen a lot of things will go flying only not the model ???
Outstanding photography, beautiful planes things like that have happened to me in my life and I reminded myself that nothing lasts forever just as in most of the real WW2 aircraft all we have left are photos and memories. Beautiful planes.
For practical, effective comfort in a difficult time, the hooker would be more effective than "prayers and wishes." The same goes for comforting hurricane victims or any victim of a tragedy.
"sweet dreams and flying machine in pieces on the ground" I've seen fire and I've seen rain....James Taylor Last week my sweet T-28 slipped a control arm on the rudder servo and crashed on base to final turn.....its okay...I walked away......a way down the field and picked up the pieces :-) r.i.p. - replacement on the way
thank you for sharing, i love large scale r/c, though i've never built or flown one, i know they are a huge ammount of time ,engineering,and fab work, it makes me cringe to see a crash, i hope everybody gets back up and flying soon!
really sad loss for these guys.. in money and build time. but i think these guys will again fly in this style. its very exciting to fly this way as well as to watch it be done. as always i think the most important thing is no one gets hurt. the event was a really great time! hats off to the pilots that risk their machines to put on a great show!
Ashes to ashes...these beauties returned to "kit form" in spectacular fashion. The photography is outstanding, as were both builds. RIP big birds of prey.
@@TC-tm3nq they used to make releases for plastic bombs you filled with flour to simulate a bomb. They were pretty cool the few times I saw one used. That was 1989 so I don't know if they are made anymore.
Boys and their expensive toys! My heart aches for both flyers. This is an expensive hobby and I hopoe they can recover their losses and climb back into the air. Thank you
This is one of the best videos online that I have ever seen. Shame about the crash naturally. However kudos to all involved in this video as I almost want to start this hobby myself. Or watch it somewhere
that black dude flying the baby blue dive bomber 'SBD Dauntless?' with perforated dive flaps was amazing, lol that high speed gear out touchdown was spectacular!
Talk about busy skies, this reminded me of an aerial combat scene more than anything else with some many planes in the air at the same time. Very exciting to watch. Definitely some mismatch of planes with different capabilities, but that's what made it exciting to view. Sad that they lost two great looking and preforming planes though. I have been wondering if having a small digital camera would help in flying more accurately. Great video coverage of this event.
I have been to B-17 meet in years past and I have witnessed these warbird races and it is very entertaining! That's one of the reasons this meet is one of the best in the south! RIP BBW!
I also notice that several times planes pass each other when doing low passes and then risk colliding when both pulling out because one is crossing by the other. Simple rule...call out you're doing a low pass and stay behind the guy already doing one ahead of you. It may be a little more structured but is no less exciting tonwatch and far less stressful to participate in. Just my two cents. Still kudos to all for flying and great builds.:-)
That is some exciting formation flying. Too bad the best two airplanes collided. Hate to see such disappointment. Glad the pre-crash footage was captured on camera. Enjoyed the thrills!
I used to watch the guys fly R/C in Cincinnati in the 80s and 90s. Dave Brown and the World Engines people were the regulars. Crashes were pretty regular, along with some great flying.
I agree and VFA-192 aircraft livery remains among the best looking in the Navy-even in the awful flat gull gray over white years during which I served as a member of the Golden Dragons (1966-70).
I am in love. I have only watched the start of the video. I could really get into this. Looks like fun. Watching these planes buzz around. Thanks for the video. Great work. Now I will continue watching the rest of the video.
Don't like giving a thumbs up to something so tough to watch. But the images are so compelling and the aircrafts so amazing. Hazards of the trade I reckon. Thank you for sharing 💜
After 45 years of modeling IF YOU CANT FACE THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAPPEN OR IT MAY HAPPEN THEN R/C aircraft are not for you my friend. Its no DIFERENT than buying a brand new car and crashing it in the first month. Being your fault or someone else's.
I usually lay down a cheap blue 5x7 tarp from harbor freight in the back of my vehicle before going to the field...that way I don't have to sweep it out .
I saw my first mid air back in 1989 between to jets. 1/5 scale I think. They hit head on at maybe 200 feet up. It spread the wreckage the entire length of the airstrip. People had called in to report 2 planes colliding it was so loud and real looking. The young kid was at fault and got mad, the older guy looked heart broken but knew crashes happened. Back then even cheap planes like I flew were several hundred dollars and a month to build. I felt so bad for the older guy. I got disoriented in the sun 2 weeks later and destroyed mine. I quite flying until 1998 or so and only flew cheap .049 planes or smaller cheaper electrics. What I paid $300 for back then can be gotten for $100 now all ready to fly. I don't know who was fault here but I feel bad for both. They were nice planes. I assume the jet lost engines at impact since the fuselage was not broken apart like the prop planes was. It is too bad he couldn't fly it down to a better ending. I was also in Texas in 1989. Near the Brazos river where the mosquitos were large enough to carry kids and small dogs away :)
Both pilot's remains were drug tested after the crash. Both were clean. Fault placed on mysterious force emanating from beyond the aircraft. Large Scale NTSB investigating further.
As a kid I used to pour fuel on my Testors model planes, light em up and throw them off the deck to simulate being shot down....love those crashes! Keep em coming!
Funny all the comments on here about how sad the loss and worrying about cost. Yes its sad when we lose a plane,yes its costly,all AMA sites require insurance to fly. thats why we pay membership dues. The truth guys, flying is crashing,crashing is flying. Dont get me wrong,no body likes to lose a plane. We spend many hours,and plenty of money. It is more than that. Seeing peoples faces when we do shows is awesome,flying takes skill no doubt,but any RC pilot will tell you crashs happen. From the beginner to the expert,we all understand things happen,most unintentional. Equipment failure happends more than you can believe. Flying with other people in a show requires more than one person flying at a time,as humans,we make mistakes,especially when there are multiple planes up there at the same time. None of us are blue angel quality,but we are not amatures eather. My hat goes off to the pilots,they did a great job keeping their planes from landing in the spectator area dont you all agree?
"they did a great job keeping their planes from landing in the spectator area dont you all agree?" nope, disagree on this one, after the collision, the pilots where spectators......they had no control over their planes, one of the planes didn't even have it's empennage left....
scott firman Actually, I do not agree. In my opinion RC planes crash for the same reasons as full size planes. Pilot error, poor maintenance , bad weather, equipment failure, poor design, and human factors. We do not accept "flying is crashing" for full size planes. Why accept it for RC planes? There are lots of RC planes that survive years of hard flying and are retired intact. I'm sure both pilots knew the risks of flying in this crowd pleasing mass formation. They chose to fly anyway - human factors. Anyways, we should never accept flying is crashing. Almost all are preventable. I would rather have that for a mantra personally.
good call . his was a very odd take on this art / sport . it was avoidable and moving forward from there you'd hope an emphasis on training and safety would be the new mantra .
Great video! I hate to see to beautiful planes go down. 😏 You are asking for trouble when you put a Jet flying with gas planes. It looked like it was the Jet pilots fault by running up into the back of the the plane and he acted like I wasn't his fault when it showed him after they hit. RIP!!
Chad Cole: Why do you assign fault when everyone flying knows the risk? No no body was at fault. Note: Crashed airplanes do not rest in peace. They go to the local scrap bin and to the land fill.
@@ohwell2790 Need some rules/understandings to avoid collisions. Otherwise, might as well call it a demolition derby. Like, the higher plane goes up and the lower plane goes down (when on a collision course).
Normally I don't mind seeing the odd RC crash, especially when it's not my own but watching the death of these two beautiful birds was sad. They were well constructed, well proportioned and flown expertly by both pilots. In the air, there was very little to distinguish between them and the real thing. I would have expected if a producer was making a movie that required these types of aircraft, they could have been used without the audience realising they were models. I hope that both pilots don't give up and continue to build beautiful aircraft like the ones they lost. I have a suspicion that's exactly what they're going to do.
You stop being rich one you start. Having had my £280 FMS F18 suddenly spiral to the ground yesterday for no obvious reason, after much work making her good, no matter how careful you are, something will go wrong.
This was nothing more than utter chaos in the sky. No coordination amongst the pilots on how they were going to fly. It’s a amazing that there were more.
mark pa usa I dislike the wreacks because I understand what it takes 2 do all the work and time and love that goes into into something that u love, i'm the same way when someone gives me an antique ,classic firearm ,I do my very best on the restoration , thx so much 4 the vid , Ive had a few fails in my life
I was there that day in 2012 when those beautiful aircraft collided, and crashed. It was sad, but the only thing anyone can do, is to rebuild, build new, or just change planes. I have 20 aircraft for just such emergencies.
RC Planes are like Klingon Warriors in that they prefer to go out in a blaze of glory rather that retire to the dusty shelf of history... that was awesome footage and good music too.
Agreed, but don't agree with taking avoidable risks with valued built-up models , mine or others, for whatever reasons. Mid-airs are avoidable "accidents" .
As someone in the vid can be heard to say, about $25,000 lost in that mishap not counting time. Hard to assign responsibility as both pilots were flying very aggressively from the start. In fact I saw a couple of things that would have had both pilots asked to leave my club's field and not come back. Still, two very beautiful aircraft lost and two pilots staring at time, money, sweat and tears lost in a split second. The one saving grace is that they were just models.
Heartbreaking for both. Since it has been 9 yrs from the video posting date, I wonder if both gentlemen got back into flying or did they hang up their wings? I really hope they both got back into flying…both planes were awesome to watch.
A bunch of big RC planes flying at different speeds seemingly without a plan - what could possibly go wrong? Shame about the Tigercat though. A very impressive model.
I was a visiting hospice nurse 👨⚕️ and this one patient had a Giant airplane in his garage. Wing span was 3 feet. It was a twin engine WW-II bomber, He had all his woodworking tools and two "BA" motors still in the boxes. A controller and everything else. she told me he spent at least 💯 hrs in his shop making this airplane from scratch. she said there are other airplanes throughout the garage mostly up in the attic and some of them are inside of his van which was covered with tarps. I knew he had probably less than one week to go because he was in the active dying phase. I asked her what she intended to do with all of his Aircraft, speedboats, and a copy of a landing LSA ? she told me she had no idea but if I wanted them she would be happy for me to take them because she planned on moving back to Iowa after he passed away and the entire house is packed with useless things. I told her that I am forbidden from accepting anything from the family or from the patients, in actuality I would have no idea what I would do with all of this stuff. And I felt like this man's life should be honored and that these treasured pieces end up in the hands of someone who would treat them with dignity. she said well I guess I'll just donate them to Goodwill and I told her in my opinion donating anything to charity is a waste because I have volunteered in the front office for charities and most of them are scams! So she asked me if I would come up with something and I told her why don't you call some of the guys that he would go off and fly with and she told me most of them have died but she would see. I asked her if she would mind giving me the names and numbers of the guys that he would go off and fly with and I called all of them and none of them were interested but one of them had a son that was over the moon with the possibility of ending up with this collection. The gentleman died three days after I met him and I was visiting the house on the morning of his death documenting everything and going over everything and I mentioned to her about the grandson's enthusiasm! she said that would be great as long as he would come over and dig through the house to find them and she was also wondering about a tax deduction. So I took a small piper cub that look like it was from a snap together kit and I drove it over to Goodwill and they handed me a receipt and said that it was my duty to estimate the value of the donation and he signed it at the bottom and handed me a blank tax deduction form. I felt like if I brought over a carload of his clothing and other belongings I could talk him into giving me an honest deduction. and they did for all of the things that we brought over that was accumulating dust except for a Rolex watch they gave me a $3800 deduction and I gave it to the wife and told her to give it to her tax advisor. I never got back to the kid after he hauled off all of that aviation gear but he came from a beautiful family and was very respectful. This all took place in Sun Lakes Arizona
My heart goes out to the pilots. My hats off to the camera man and editor. I know that it was a sad day for the pilots but that video capture was phenomenal.
Condolences to both pilots for the loss of their aircraft, they both were very beautiful.
Kevin in CT
The planes were beautiful, too. ;)
Calm down … just material kids
A friend told me when I first got into the hobby, “ If it hurts your feelings to crash, your in the wrong hobby!”
Flatiron 53 ask his pocket if it hurts
Bruno Soares Don’t invest more than you are willing to lose.
If you fly model airplanes, you will indeed crash model airplanes....
I was told it's not if you will crash but when you will crash
@@gunrunner4637 Kind of like riding a motorcycle. I flew a P51 for a little while. Took me months to lovingly build it. Crashed on the 4th flight I think. It was heartbreaking and didn't have the heart to rebuild. Respect to the guys who love this so much they carry on. It wasn't for me but I certainly admire the planes and those who excel at building and flying them.
We fliers enjoy the spectacular crashes (and this was a gooden) but we are not heartless we have been there ourselves and know the the emotions. Sympathy to the builders and pilots and thanks for being prepared to share. Two beautiful models that deserved their time in the air. Hopefully they donate their organs to a future project. Cheers from NZ.
Well said.
A number of people here have complained that this video shows "Senseless," "Avoidable risk," "Showing off," "Hot Dogging," and "Taking Huge Risk's." While all of this is true TO SOME EXTENT, I normally fly large (100cc class) 3D aircraft, every flight is wrought with possible threats: Wind changes, mechanical, technical, structural, and pilot errors. Every flight. I've had losses, just like everyone else, and I work for a living, just like most of those in our hobby. But if I wanted to "play-it-safe," I'd be flying a trike trainer or Cessna in a slow race track pattern, and only when no one else was in the air.
The ONLY TIME I fly a warbird is in formation flight: they just don't have the performance or challenge for me otherwise. Flying R/C is a gamble, and like gambling, don't risk what you can't afford to lose. Mid-airs happen even when there are only 2 planes in the air, and people are flying conservatively. Personally, if I'm not being challenged, I'll stay home and watch TV. While I take great care of my planes and equipment before and after flying, my flying risks my aircraft, perhaps more than you do yours, but because of the skills I've developed by flying the way I do, I have prevented crashes too. My point is, if you want nothing more than to putt around with a Piper Cub, or stay aloft for an hour with your sailplane, more power to you. I would never put you down for it, but it would bore me to tears. If, however, someone else wants to fly 150 MPH pylon racing, or 3D, or formation, or whatever, I can't figure out why anyone would feel the need to castigate someone else willing to take a calculated risk to improve themselves. Unless it's jealousy.
It's jealousy. I say, no guts, no glory.
Im filing a report to the FAA about this. This was unnecessary lost of life two pilots, may they rest in peace.
@Jay Barker r/whoosh
@@coopereaton5263
Over his head and right out of the park.
Because they are too chicken shit or cheap to take that risk with their own a\c so they want nothing more than to prevent you from doing it. Reason, you may actually succeed in your attempt.
I really hate seeing such beautiful aircraft meet a tragic end. Looked like the F-9 pilot tried to eject, but the canopy stuck. The F-7 had no chance.
Why is this called "Formation" when it should be called "Flying Around in a Circle Until the Fastest Plane Ass-Packs a Slower One?"
Ain't nuthin' "formation" about it..
Circle, highlight and underline that.
Lol'd
Doug Gyver The crash was the formation . 🥴
Oh my, I wonder how much those toys cost? That would really suck!
@@robertspivey46 jet was probably about $15k, F7F probably $8k
Outstanding stills from the video, Two of my favorite WarBirds
Semper Fi
The Navy was not happy upon finding out their F7F was constructed largely of wood.
when ya fly, ya crash. i fly quads now.
k
If wood was good enough for the Mosquito, it was good enough for Grumman.
"Shit, MY PLANE !!!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
I have been flying RC since 1972, I've had more that a few mid-airs. In the formation flying we usually tried to match airplanes with similar performance. Having flying so many years plus building and tested many aircraft for Chermark and Nitroplanes, I've built up quite a collection of planes. When it came to formation flying I used a P-40, P-51, or FW-190 for the prop planes, F-4 , ME-262, or F9F Panther for EDF, B-25, B-17, C-47, or PBY Catalina for the multi engine, J-3 Piper Cub, or Cessna for the Civilian, Christensen Eagle, Pitts Special, or Areomaster for bi-planes. By far warbirds are the most impressive in formation. I had only one midair in formation flying and that was when my F9F nose clipped a F-4 wing and took out his aileron. A mid air is always a risk when we fly.
They were both beautiful aircraft, such detail. They were so accurately detailed is a better way to describe them. I am planning a trip to Texas the summer of '21, I'd like to visit this place when they have the soonest event to my arrival. I can only imagine the heartache the Pilots are going through with all the time and the love of their creation. Thank you for sharing.
Sorry for your loss. The photos of the stricken aircrafts are amazing!
4:47 planes crash
5:54 crash slow mo
Just what I was looking for
i admire folks like you , keep up the good work.
thanks : ) ..
Thanks
Hero!
Its an occupational hazard of RC flying and the hobby wouldn’t be the same without it. My wife claims i do it on purpose from time to time to make room in the garage for another one
then your wife will say you spend more time with that dam model then me just one thing you need to remember never upset a lady if she is in the kitchen a lot of things will go flying only not the model ???
And that response from her is bad or inaccurate HOW?!?
LMAO
Is she wrong lol
you married a smart lady .
Buy her own R/C plane and gave fun together.
Rest In Pieces :-(
An emergency parachute for a collision like this would save hours of heartache. Both looked repairable until they hit the ground!
If only all vids on youtube were this good.....
You might have a look at my videos 😉🤘
It certainly didn't need some ill-informed narration over the song of those tiny engines.
The Panther looked pretty much intact until impacting the ground...
Outstanding photography, beautiful planes things like that have happened to me in my life and I reminded myself that nothing lasts forever just as in most of the real WW2 aircraft all we have left are photos and memories. Beautiful planes.
Prayers and wishes to the brave pilots lost in this senseless tragedy. God alone can provide the comfort in times like this. Or a hooker.
You can see the panther pilot trying to get out, canopy is part open. Thank you for your service pilots......
Lol the hooker comment! Cant help thinking all that lost $ could have made a ton in the right investments!
Jerry Mccrae ...”right investments?” You must know better hookers than the rest of us!
@@specforged5651 lol!!!
For practical, effective comfort in a difficult time, the hooker would be more effective than "prayers and wishes." The same goes for comforting hurricane victims or any victim of a tragedy.
I see the jet pilot managed to open his canopy, but unfortunately didn't manage to bail. RIP
Heartbreaking, that F7F Tigercat was amazing.
Same
crazy
"sweet dreams and flying machine in pieces on the ground"
I've seen fire and I've seen rain....James Taylor
Last week my sweet T-28 slipped a control arm on the rudder servo and crashed on base to final turn.....its okay...I walked away......a way down the field and picked up the pieces :-)
r.i.p. - replacement on the way
thank you for sharing, i love large scale r/c, though i've never built or flown one, i know they are a huge ammount of time ,engineering,and fab work, it makes me cringe to see a crash, i hope everybody gets back up and flying soon!
Rest In Pieces to those brave pilots and their magnificent flying machines
Great show guys.sorry for your lost...The joy and pain of this hobby...you gotta love it.
really sad loss for these guys.. in money and build time. but i think these guys will again fly in this style. its very exciting to fly this way as well as to watch it be done. as always i think the most important thing is no one gets hurt. the event was a really great time! hats off to the pilots that risk their machines to put on a great show!
Ashes to ashes...these beauties returned to "kit form" in spectacular fashion. The photography is outstanding, as were both builds. RIP big birds of prey.
i wont be impressed with scale realism until someone designs an ejector seat for their pilot when these happen.
They have them.
Properly speaking, neither of these aircraft would have had ejection seats. But that is a really cool idea.
Maybe if they could drop real bombs.
Lol if you look at the jet in the stills it looks like it failed
@@TC-tm3nq they used to make releases for plastic bombs you filled with flour to simulate a bomb. They were pretty cool the few times I saw one used. That was 1989 so I don't know if they are made anymore.
Boys and their expensive toys! My heart aches for both flyers. This is an expensive hobby and I hopoe they can recover their losses and climb back into the air. Thank you
This is why they call it the Danger Zone.
LANA!!!
This is one of the best videos online that I have ever seen. Shame about the crash naturally. However kudos to all involved in this video as I almost want to start this hobby myself. Or watch it somewhere
It hurts me everytime I see one hit the ground!!! All the time, money and love that go into building one!!!
TOO THE BONE ,,,,,,,, it doesn,t have to be mine , The love that goes into it
that black dude flying the baby blue dive bomber 'SBD Dauntless?' with perforated dive flaps was amazing, lol that high speed gear out touchdown was spectacular!
Talk about busy skies, this reminded me of an aerial combat scene more than anything else with some many planes in the air at the same time. Very exciting to watch. Definitely some mismatch of planes with different capabilities, but that's what made it exciting to view. Sad that they lost two great looking and preforming planes though. I have been wondering if having a small digital camera would help in flying more accurately. Great video coverage of this event.
I have been to B-17 meet in years past and I have witnessed these warbird races and it is very entertaining! That's one of the reasons this meet is one of the best in the south! RIP BBW!
That's the risk you take with so many in the air at once!
True, seems to happen more when there are only 2 in air in my experiences, like if they were magnetic! Part of the hobby.
Fly, crash, rebuild, fly. That's what R/C flying is all about.
Yes, If you have never crashed one, you have never flown one.
M Zajac Maybe to you..
Types of rc aircraft.
1. Crashed
2 about to crash
I also notice that several times planes pass each other when doing low passes and then risk colliding when both pulling out because one is crossing by the other. Simple rule...call out you're doing a low pass and stay behind the guy already doing one ahead of you. It may be a little more structured but is no less exciting tonwatch and far less stressful to participate in. Just my two cents. Still kudos to all for flying and great builds.:-)
sad to see, but I have to give kudos to the photographer. and camera quality. awesome crash pictures!
That is some exciting formation flying. Too bad the best two airplanes collided. Hate to see such disappointment. Glad the pre-crash footage was captured on camera. Enjoyed the thrills!
One of the better videos I have seen. Except for the middle out of focus part. Great stills at the end!
Jay Davis Thanks, I used a little bit of another video that may have come from a cell phone. Sorry about the focus, but it had good action.
I used to watch the guys fly R/C in Cincinnati in the 80s and 90s. Dave Brown and the World Engines people were the regulars. Crashes were pretty regular, along with some great flying.
That panther was a sharp looking model!
I agree and VFA-192 aircraft livery remains among the best looking in the Navy-even in the awful flat gull gray over white years during which I served as a member of the Golden Dragons (1966-70).
I am in love. I have only watched the start of the video. I could really get into this. Looks like fun. Watching these planes buzz around. Thanks for the video. Great work. Now I will continue watching the rest of the video.
too many RC planes is a small airspace at speed.... simple to see it would eventually become a crash
Its nice that they have photos of them, they were very nice models.
That invisible date of when your plane is gonna be "rekitted" stamped inside every one of em
Don't like giving a thumbs up to something so tough to watch. But the images are so compelling and the aircrafts so amazing. Hazards of the trade I reckon. Thank you for sharing 💜
Was waiting for the fireball!!
Would never risk my turbine jet flying in formation like that! My foamy EDF is what I would have flown.
A bunch of wannabe Pilots
First time seeing a black rc pilot in those rc fields’ videos
Like a hockey rink
😂
Love those classic navy warbirds. Always sad to see good planes die, real or otherwise.
I feel for the guys in the crash. Hope they returned quickly.
amazing video my friend 💐 thanks for sharing
It must be heartbreaking, to see all the time you put into getting one of these planes flying, and then see it crash.
After 45 years of modeling IF YOU CANT FACE THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAPPEN OR IT MAY HAPPEN THEN R/C aircraft are not for you my friend. Its no DIFERENT than buying a brand new car and crashing it in the first month.
Being your fault or someone else's.
I usually lay down a cheap blue 5x7 tarp from harbor freight in the back of my vehicle before going to the field...that way I don't have to sweep it out .
I saw my first mid air back in 1989 between to jets. 1/5 scale I think. They hit head on at maybe 200 feet up. It spread the wreckage the entire length of the airstrip. People had called in to report 2 planes colliding it was so loud and real looking. The young kid was at fault and got mad, the older guy looked heart broken but knew crashes happened. Back then even cheap planes like I flew were several hundred dollars and a month to build. I felt so bad for the older guy. I got disoriented in the sun 2 weeks later and destroyed mine. I quite flying until 1998 or so and only flew cheap .049 planes or smaller cheaper electrics. What I paid $300 for back then can be gotten for $100 now all ready to fly. I don't know who was fault here but I feel bad for both. They were nice planes. I assume the jet lost engines at impact since the fuselage was not broken apart like the prop planes was. It is too bad he couldn't fly it down to a better ending. I was also in Texas in 1989. Near the Brazos river where the mosquitos were large enough to carry kids and small dogs away :)
Best impact pictures ever. Completely destroyed! I'm quite certain that the pilots dieded.
Both pilot's remains were drug tested after the crash. Both were clean. Fault placed on mysterious force emanating from beyond the aircraft. Large Scale NTSB investigating further.
As a kid I used to pour fuel on my Testors model planes, light em up and throw them off the deck to simulate being shot down....love those crashes! Keep em coming!
4:50 - Even the camera's eye misted over when that happened....
Seems like the Jet took out the Tiger, awesome crash video, would love to see more crash scenes.....
You're sick.Do you know how many skilled hours go into building one of these beauties?
Funny all the comments on here about how sad the loss and worrying about cost. Yes its sad when we lose a plane,yes its costly,all AMA sites require insurance to fly. thats why we pay membership dues. The truth guys, flying is crashing,crashing is flying. Dont get me wrong,no body likes to lose a plane. We spend many hours,and plenty of money. It is more than that. Seeing peoples faces when we do shows is awesome,flying takes skill no doubt,but any RC pilot will tell you crashs happen. From the beginner to the expert,we all understand things happen,most unintentional. Equipment failure happends more than you can believe. Flying with other people in a show requires more than one person flying at a time,as humans,we make mistakes,especially when there are multiple planes up there at the same time. None of us are blue angel quality,but we are not amatures eather. My hat goes off to the pilots,they did a great job keeping their planes from landing in the spectator area dont you all agree?
Well said , but never the less , it is sad to see such wonderful models destroyed. After all the hours it must have taken to build them !
"they did a great job keeping their planes from landing in the spectator area dont you all agree?" nope, disagree on this one, after the collision, the pilots where spectators......they had no control over their planes, one of the planes didn't even have it's empennage left....
scott firman
Actually, I do not agree. In my opinion RC planes crash for the same reasons as full size planes. Pilot error, poor maintenance , bad weather, equipment failure, poor design, and human factors. We do not accept "flying is crashing" for full size planes. Why accept it for RC planes? There are lots of RC planes that survive years of hard flying and are retired intact.
I'm sure both pilots knew the risks of flying in this crowd pleasing mass formation. They chose to fly anyway - human factors. Anyways, we should never accept flying is crashing. Almost all are preventable. I would rather have that for a mantra personally.
good call . his was a very odd take on this art / sport . it was avoidable and moving forward from there you'd hope an emphasis on training and safety would be the new mantra .
In my opinion, you've never flown. So your opinion means squat.
Oh shite, my heart literally sinks to see that beautiful tigercat get cratered. A dream rc plane.
Love that Dauntless.
Ramiiam ,same
That Tigercat was a gorgeous plane. (key tense there is "past")
More of these crashes please. We own a model shop & need these gimps to keep returning
Way to insult your customers. Crappy attitude and business model. Good luck with that.
Man I sure hope all the homeowners around the field are RC enthusiasts...
Great video! I hate to see to beautiful planes go down. 😏 You are asking for trouble when you put a Jet flying with gas planes. It looked like it was the Jet pilots fault by running up into the back of the the plane and he acted like I wasn't his fault when it showed him after they hit. RIP!!
Chad Cole,I think his was the more expensive $25,000 OMG plane
Chad Cole: Why do you assign fault when everyone flying knows the risk? No no body was at fault. Note: Crashed airplanes do not rest in peace. They go to the local scrap bin and to the land fill.
@@ohwell2790 Need some rules/understandings to avoid collisions. Otherwise, might as well call it a demolition derby. Like, the higher plane goes up and the lower plane goes down (when on a collision course).
Ronald Chan so I less than a millisecond you have to diside who is the highest ? You idiot
Normally I don't mind seeing the odd RC crash, especially when it's not my own but watching the death of these two beautiful birds was sad. They were well constructed, well proportioned and flown expertly by both pilots. In the air, there was very little to distinguish between them and the real thing. I would have expected if a producer was making a movie that required these types of aircraft, they could have been used without the audience realising they were models. I hope that both pilots don't give up and continue to build beautiful aircraft like the ones they lost. I have a suspicion that's exactly what they're going to do.
Oh boy what a concept they were flying real well until they come Clyde and crashed come on now and irresponsible at best
Starting to wonder if this is a rich person's hobby...
AZMike
don’t wonder. It is
Suspicion confirmed. Thanks.
You stop being rich one you start. Having had my £280 FMS F18 suddenly spiral to the ground yesterday for no obvious reason, after much work making her good, no matter how careful you are, something will go wrong.
It is to begin with. Then after crashing a few times , it becomes a poor persons hobby I suspect.
Ya think? Think of the multitudes of Homelesses this money could have fed!
Well, I hated to see this. Both absolutely beautiful models and both were being well flown. Sometimes bad stuff happens to good people. Heartbreaking.
Who did not see that coming?...(sarc) who ever did, gimme a thumbs up...mid airs make great vids..keep 'em com'in boys..
Outstanding beautiful warbirds, both pilots were excellent flyers. Excellent photography. If you want two flights bring two planes
Oh..
The humanity....
I grew up watching the Reno Air races, this looked just like the unlimited race. Unfortunately, including the crash I've seen so many of. What a loss
It's apparently all too easy for some to see this tragedy in a humorous light, but to be honest, it was wicked hilarious.
This was nothing more than utter chaos in the sky. No coordination amongst the pilots on how they were going to fly. It’s a amazing that there were more.
The Tigercat was really something. And very skillfully piloted.
I only watch these videos for the crashes. Good 1.
mark pa usa I dislike the wreacks because I understand what it takes 2 do all the work and time and love that goes into into something that u love, i'm the same way when someone gives me an antique ,classic firearm ,I do my very best on the restoration , thx so much 4 the vid , Ive had a few fails in my life
I did not see any ejections...
I hope the pilots were ok
Couldn't eject the canopy was jammed half open
I was there that day in 2012 when those beautiful aircraft collided, and crashed. It was sad, but the only thing anyone can do, is to rebuild, build new, or just change planes. I have 20 aircraft for just such emergencies.
Does anyone know about the music that starts playing at 7:21? Like who is playing it and if I could get in touch with them?
RC Planes are like Klingon Warriors in that they prefer to go out in a blaze of glory rather that retire to the dusty shelf of history... that was awesome footage and good music too.
Why do people fly large expensive models in a gaggle like that. They're good flyers but sooner or later.......
Handel
I agree with you! This happens a lot.
Some people aren't happy unless they're tempting fate. I thought the same thing.
It’s a thrill flying something that you made, even if it ends in disaster
Agreed, but don't agree with taking avoidable risks with valued built-up models , mine or others, for whatever reasons. Mid-airs are avoidable "accidents" .
when I saw the entire tail was missing I said this landing will take some finesse...
Nah, it's a given, impossible to avoid.
Wow, it blowed up REAL good!
REAL GOOD!.
@@wonderfulwino4265 May the good lord take a like'n to ya!
I swear, NOBODY understands the definition of "Formation Flying".
Your club is very lucky that no car was driving down that road at the time. That could have killed someone.
Now I would NOT fly my expensive toy plane with so many other airborne!
All them poor Naval aviators.... didn't see any chutes
Johnny Rabuse XD
man those photos are awesome... too bad, I think the pilot of the F-7 was very good on his low passes...
As someone in the vid can be heard to say, about $25,000 lost in that mishap not counting time. Hard to assign responsibility as both pilots were flying very aggressively from the start. In fact I saw a couple of things that would have had both pilots asked to leave my club's field and not come back. Still, two very beautiful aircraft lost and two pilots staring at time, money, sweat and tears lost in a split second. The one saving grace is that they were just models.
Tarasdad,not to mention looming divorce.
What did they do that was so terrible that you would ban them from your field ?
Totally overconfident and irresponsible should be regulated by the government thoroughly
@@caramelamcphee8106 He's just a keyboard jokey with a big mouth!!!
Heartbreaking for both. Since it has been 9 yrs from the video posting date, I wonder if both gentlemen got back into flying or did they hang up their wings? I really hope they both got back into flying…both planes were awesome to watch.
the navy Pilot tried to eject
A bunch of big RC planes flying at different speeds seemingly without a plan - what could possibly go wrong? Shame about the Tigercat though. A very impressive model.
not gonna lie and say **oh what a sad loss** i clicked this video to see destruction
Yes
Really? Exactly where does the "destruction" happen? I got tired of fast forwarding, and gave up.
Those guys were having a blast. Too bad the crash wasn’t over the runway.
It looks like the pilot of the jet was trying to eject but failed!
TheSamchilders Saw that too, don't think he survived. ;0)
It was a William Holden Brubaker figure-it was doomed.
@@brinsonharris9816 Nope he made it but filming was over before they found him suspended in a tree,lol.
I was a visiting hospice nurse 👨⚕️ and this one patient had a Giant airplane in his garage. Wing span was 3 feet. It was a twin engine WW-II bomber, He had all his woodworking tools and two "BA" motors still in the boxes. A controller and everything else. she told me he spent at least 💯 hrs in his shop making this airplane from scratch. she said there are other airplanes throughout the garage mostly up in the attic and some of them are inside of his van which was covered with tarps. I knew he had probably less than one week to go because he was in the active dying phase. I asked her what she intended to do with all of his Aircraft, speedboats, and a copy of a landing LSA ? she told me she had no idea but if I wanted them she would be happy for me to take them because she planned on moving back to Iowa after he passed away and the entire house is packed with useless things. I told her that I am forbidden from accepting anything from the family or from the patients, in actuality I would have no idea what I would do with all of this stuff. And I felt like this man's life should be honored and that these treasured pieces end up in the hands of someone who would treat them with dignity. she said well I guess I'll just donate them to Goodwill and I told her in my opinion donating anything to charity is a waste because I have volunteered in the front office for charities and most of them are scams! So she asked me if I would come up with something and I told her why don't you call some of the guys that he would go off and fly with and she told me most of them have died but she would see. I asked her if she would mind giving me the names and numbers of the guys that he would go off and fly with and I called all of them and none of them were interested but one of them had a son that was over the moon with the possibility of ending up with this collection. The gentleman died three days after I met him and I was visiting the house on the morning of his death documenting everything and going over everything and I mentioned to her about the grandson's enthusiasm! she said that would be great as long as he would come over and dig through the house to find them and she was also wondering about a tax deduction. So I took a small piper cub that look like it was from a snap together kit and I drove it over to Goodwill and they handed me a receipt and said that it was my duty to estimate the value of the donation and he signed it at the bottom and handed me a blank tax deduction form. I felt like if I brought over a carload of his clothing and other belongings I could talk him into giving me an honest deduction. and they did for all of the things that we brought over that was accumulating dust except for a Rolex watch they gave me a $3800 deduction and I gave it to the wife and told her to give it to her tax advisor. I never got back to the kid after he hauled off all of that aviation gear but he came from a beautiful family and was very respectful. This all took place in Sun Lakes Arizona