“Keller is grieving as we have come to learn that husband, father, Army veteran, and former Keller City Councilman Terry Barker was one of the victims of the tragic crash at the Dallas Air Show,” Mizani wrote. The death of Barker was also announced by Keller Mayor Armin Mizani on Sunday morning in a Facebook post. (Photo: via U.S.Terry Barker killed in the Dallas Saturday plane crash Keller Mayor Armin Mizani The TBM/TBF Avenger was a forgiving aircraft during ditching according to flight crews in WWII. A famous photo of a Grumman TBF-1C Avenger that ditched next to the USS Bataan (CVL-29) on Mafollowing a catapult failure. The Valiant Air Command was flying four aircraft at the Cocoa Beach Airshow including their flagship C-47 Dakota “Tico Bell”, a North American SNJ-4 trainer, an N2S Steerman biplane trainer and the TBM Avenger involved in the incident.
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In 1964, the aircraft was transferred to the Georgia Forestry Commission in Macon, Georgia where she continued the firefighting mission until 1969 when she was transferred between a series of private owners until purchased by the Valiant Air Command in 2002. Prior to her restoration, she had last flown from 1956 until 1964 while operating as a water bomber in the forest fire suppression role for the U.S.
The Grumman TBM Avenger involved in the incident was restored to flying status just over a year ago on Janufollowing an extensive 18-year restoration to airworthiness. A file photo of the restored Grumman TBM Avenger #91188 operated by the Valiant Air Command from their website.
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Today the aircraft flies under civil registration number N108Q and is owned by the Valiant Air Command. The aircraft involved in the accident, number 91188, was originally built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in 1945 and operated for the U.S. The aircraft can be seen flying slowly at wave-top level before finally stalling with wings level, then gently entering the water with what appears to be little damage. The pilot did an impressive job of ditching the aircraft in the shallow water directly in front of a beach area where spectators were watching the flight demonstrations. A small amount of smoke briefly appeared from the aircraft in some videos just prior to the emergency water landing. The Grumman TBM Avenger involved in yesterday’s ditching was flying with several other types of historic planes during the airshow including a twin-engine C-47 Dakota transport in a loose trail formation just prior to the ditching. Bush, who also survived an accident in his TBM Avenger during WWII when he bailed out of his aircraft before being rescued by a U.S. 13 torpedo in the anti-shipping strike role. The aircraft could carry either 2,000 pounds of bombs or a single Mk. The aircraft was made famous in the Pacific during WWII in battles that include Midway and the sinking of the giant Japanese battleships Yamato and Mushashi. The Grumman TBM/TBF Avenger is a single-engine, propeller driven, carrier-borne strike and torpedo bomber with a three-man crew. There were no injuries reported in the impressive display of airmanship by the TBM Avenger pilot. 17, 2021, at the Cocoa Beach Air Show in Florida. Spectators captured dramatic video of the Valiant Air Command’s new Grumman TBM Avenger ditching (making an emergency water landing) on Saturday Apr. Valiant Air Command Pilot Makes Perfect Emergency Water Landing With TBM Avenger In Front Of Beach.
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