MID AIR Giant Scale Crash at Bomber Field

War bird formation flight ended with a very expensive mid air collision of a RC giant scale F-7f twin engine Tigercat and a F-9f Panther jet.

[@daffyduck2469]

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.

[@flatiron53]

A friend told me when I first got into the hobby, “ If it hurts your feelings to crash, your in the wrong hobby!”

[@brunosoares.6077]

Flatiron 53 ask his pocket if it hurts

[@flatiron53]

Bruno Soares Don’t invest more than you are willing to lose.

[@bubbles8361]

If you fly model airplanes, you will indeed crash model airplanes....

[@gunrunner4637]

I was told it's not if you will crash but when you will crash

[@darioinfini]

@@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.

[@KKG51]

Condolences to both pilots for the loss of their aircraft, they both were very beautiful. Kevin in CT

[@LordCarpenter]

The planes were beautiful, too. ;)

[@user-yi2uv2rb7o]

Calm down … just material kids

[@zrxdoug]

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..

[@americangraffiti6192]

Circle, highlight and underline that.

[@daviddickey9832]

Lol'd

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Doug Gyver The crash was the formation . 🥴

[@robertspivey46]

Oh my, I wonder how much those toys cost? That would really suck!

[@ryanstreuli8667]

@@robertspivey46 jet was probably about $15k, F7F probably $8k

[@covercalls88]

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.

[@rcbadger2002]

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.

[@jamesbonde4470]

It's jealousy. I say, no guts, no glory.

[@TetsuyaKiyo]

Im filing a report to the FAA about this. This was unnecessary lost of life two pilots, may they rest in peace.

[@coopereaton5263]

@Jay Barker r/whoosh

[@colehara]

@@coopereaton5263 Over his head and right out of the park.

[@russelbrown6275]

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.

[@Snagglepuss1952]

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.

[@OldMtnGeezer]

Well said.

[@mohawkdriver4155]

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.

[@Sethorion99]

4:47 planes crash 5:54 crash slow mo

[@simonchant761]

Just what I was looking for

[@johngillon6969]

i admire folks like you , keep up the good work.

[@MrGreeneyedcat]

thanks : ) ..

[@abhinandanyadav6831]

Thanks

[@bigalz5563]

Hero!

[@allegory7638]

The Navy was not happy upon finding out their F7F was constructed largely of wood.

[@kevinhorning3624]

when ya fly, ya crash. i fly quads now.

[@mikemills69]

k

[@donaldprice1597]

If wood was good enough for the Mosquito, it was good enough for Grumman.

[@johnbockelie3899]

"Shit, MY PLANE !!!"

[@TJ-hd5ym]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@joeb5847]

Outstanding stills from the video, Two of my favorite WarBirds Semper Fi

[@philiphardwick1796]

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

[@philip1675]

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 ???

[@user-td1zo3tv9p]

And that response from her is bad or inaccurate HOW?!? LMAO

[@deepc3924]

Is she wrong lol

[@danielwanner8708]

you married a smart lady .

[@logan5326]

Buy her own R/C plane and gave fun together.

[@BobbyTucker]

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.

[@schiminski]

Rest In Pieces :-(

[@richardkan8499]

Sorry for your loss. The photos of the stricken aircrafts are amazing!

[@AZAce1064]

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.

[@Nick-wn1xw]

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.

[@prussiaaero1802]

You can see the panther pilot trying to get out, canopy is part open. Thank you for your service pilots......

[@jerrymccrae7202]

Lol the hooker comment! Cant help thinking all that lost $ could have made a ton in the right investments!

[@specforged5651]

Jerry Mccrae ...”right investments?” You must know better hookers than the rest of us!

[@jerrymccrae7202]

@@specforged5651 lol!!!

[@davesteadman1226]

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.

[@jimstafford3694]

If only all vids on youtube were this good.....

[@RCScaleAirplanes]

You might have a look at my videos 😉🤘

[@agshep]

It certainly didn't need some ill-informed narration over the song of those tiny engines.

[@jasonreed9429]

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!

[@rickythrower5892]

Great show guys.sorry for your lost...The joy and pain of this hobby...you gotta love it.

[@lw216316]

"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

[@jonnie2bad]

i wont be impressed with scale realism until someone designs an ejector seat for their pilot when these happen.

[@jeromegoodwin3848]

They have them.

[@wntu4]

Properly speaking, neither of these aircraft would have had ejection seats. But that is a really cool idea.

[@TC-tm3nq]

Maybe if they could drop real bombs.

[@jerrysmith7166]

Lol if you look at the jet in the stills it looks like it failed

[@batsonelectronics]

@@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.

[@alanburge2725]

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

[@alanburge2725]

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.

[@marionalexander6818]

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?

[@repawnd1]

I see the jet pilot managed to open his canopy, but unfortunately didn't manage to bail. RIP

[@maxcr5937]

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!

[@ovalwingnut]

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 💜

[@bobgil3464]

This is why they call it the Danger Zone.

[@tomsawyer9403]

LANA!!!

[@randycoolbaugh1408]

sad to see, but I have to give kudos to the photographer. and camera quality. awesome crash pictures!

[@charlesfoster141]

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!

[@milano61]

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.

[@cmcer1995]

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.

[@anthonybot7165]

Heartbreaking, that F7F Tigercat was amazing.

[@502_dean]

Same

[@spedler61]

crazy

[@thomashockin4128]

Love watching 'em fly! The "Oh S..." moments can be tough though !!! Lots of planes in the air !!

[@Rocknranchman]

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!

[@DougHinVA]

too many RC planes is a small airspace at speed.... simple to see it would eventually become a crash

[@jesselo1969]

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!

[@dfgivens]

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.

[@barnetrebel776]

An emergency parachute for a collision like this would save hours of heartache. Both looked repairable until they hit the ground!

[@Steve-cc4tl]

It hurts me everytime I see one hit the ground!!! All the time, money and love that go into building one!!!

[@michel-dw3vx]

TOO THE BONE ,,,,,,,, it doesn,t have to be mine , The love that goes into it

[@DrZ99]

Fly, crash, rebuild, fly. That's what R/C flying is all about.

[@KennethMixson]

Yes, If you have never crashed one, you have never flown one.

[@Harlanmote]

M Zajac Maybe to you..

[@mikeries8549]

Types of rc aircraft. 1. Crashed 2 about to crash

[@PUBHEAD1]

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.:-)

[@jackmehoffer7819]

Outstanding beautiful warbirds, both pilots were excellent flyers. Excellent photography. If you want two flights bring two planes

[@anthonypirozzi837]

That invisible date of when your plane is gonna be "rekitted" stamped inside every one of em

[@endwood]

That's the risk you take with so many in the air at once!

[@astralpx]

True, seems to happen more when there are only 2 in air in my experiences, like if they were magnetic! Part of the hobby.

[@az80311]

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

[@badgumby9544]

Looks like the jet was still intact after contact. Did he not have any control after the impact? Just curious.

[@Cassius1706]

Rest In Pieces to those brave pilots and their magnificent flying machines

[@Chewiedognottaken]

One of the better videos I have seen. Except for the middle out of focus part. Great stills at the end!

[@downeaster11]

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.

[@scottskidmore8558]

Who was filming the NTSB?

[@whirlybird3189]

That panther was a sharp looking model!

[@dragonmeddler2152]

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).

[@joelrausch4824]

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 .

[@onlyweknow2]

Its nice that they have photos of them, they were very nice models.

[@phil57155]

How much, approximately, for each airplane ?

[@RWBHere]

4:50 - Even the camera's eye misted over when that happened....

[@panzerken]

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.

[@jamesd4923]

A bunch of wannabe Pilots

[@cameraman655]

Great video and stills. I am planning on attending in Sept. So, what would you suggest on lenses, specifically tele-zooms? I shoot Fuji and will definitely bring along my 50-140 2.8 (70-200 2.8 doe FF DSLR equiv) and as I will be a spectator likely not getting close to the action would you suggest longer glass? Anywho, this is my first RC Airshow, so any suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated.

[@downeaster11]

Hi, you need some zoom for RC planes. This video was shot with a simple old Sony Cyber-shot with built in 20x zoom set at 1080 but 2 or 4k would be better to edit with. I got the photos from another guy. You can go up to the fence and be very close or up in the stans for a good view. The fall event is good, but not like it used to be when the owner was alive.

[@jclaudio806]

What top speed?

[@falconeaterf15]

Love those classic navy warbirds. Always sad to see good planes die, real or otherwise.

[@mike-rayner-videos]

amazing video my friend 💐 thanks for sharing

[@mroger29sh]

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

[@markconley9279]

The jet looked intact. Why did it crash too?

[@garygullikson6349]

Why do people fly large expensive models in a gaggle like that. They're good flyers but sooner or later.......

[@leeholtzclaw8515]

Handel

[@theluth9046]

I agree with you! This happens a lot.

[@russellnotestine6436]

Some people aren't happy unless they're tempting fate. I thought the same thing.

[@bradszymanski9910]

It’s a thrill flying something that you made, even if it ends in disaster

[@garygullikson6349]

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" .

[@danhughes3626]

I did not see any ejections... I hope the pilots were ok

[@brenttate9299]

Couldn't eject the canopy was jammed half open

[@maverick1685]

what's needed is a system like the "Cirrus Aircraft" parachute system for your scale aircraft.

[@Snagglepuss1952]

Did you ever work out what stopped the jet 209 from recovering? In the stills it appeared to be intact until meeting Mother Earth. I hope the turbine survived.

[@427yenko67]

Oh.. The humanity....

[@caramelamcphee8106]

More of these crashes please. We own a model shop & need these gimps to keep returning

[@TheHeretic2011]

Way to insult your customers. Crappy attitude and business model. Good luck with that.

[@tedsmith6137]

Any clarification of why the Panther could not be recovered? I can't see any damage apart from the dislodged canopy.

[@Coupe420]

It appeared to get slowed down and thrown into a spin, with enough altitude he may have been able to recover it. Just my observation tho! I doubt you can tell if any parts failed after that crash.

[@TheAnimePilot]

good footage! Loved all the angles!

[@Ramiiam]

Love that Dauntless.

[@502_dean]

Ramiiam ,same

[@scottfirman]

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?

[@welshpete12]

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 !

[@unapro3]

"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....

[@falconeaterf15]

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.

[@garyschraa7947]

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 .

[@geh3254]

In my opinion, you've never flown. So your opinion means squat.

[@ttm1093]

Did anybody recover the black box.

[@gmorgan29]

Navy #209 didn't seem to have much damage, by looking at the stills, but came down. what have I missed ?

[@commentatron]

It's apparently all too easy for some to see this tragedy in a humorous light, but to be honest, it was wicked hilarious.

[@ColeAviation]

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!!

[@johnbravo7542]

Chad Cole,I think his was the more expensive $25,000 OMG plane

[@ohwell2790]

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.

[@ronc9413]

@@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).

[@tonywright8294]

Ronald Chan so I less than a millisecond you have to diside who is the highest ? You idiot

[@johnhartman3149]

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

[@ldadams1140]

Really great flying all around. Cool planes and a cool wreck. The breaks of Naval aviation, right?

[@rodpalm6398]

Best impact pictures ever. Completely destroyed! I'm quite certain that the pilots dieded.

[@2terribletoads631]

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.

[@azmike3572]

Starting to wonder if this is a rich person's hobby...

[@funkybassguy68]

AZMike don’t wonder. It is

[@azmike3572]

Suspicion confirmed. Thanks.

[@GudieveNing]

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.

[@glenphillips9068]

It is to begin with. Then after crashing a few times , it becomes a poor persons hobby I suspect.

[@donaldprice1597]

Ya think? Think of the multitudes of Homelesses this money could have fed!

[@AndyPorter79]

I feel for the guys in the crash. Hope they returned quickly.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

How does someone get started in this beautiful hobby? Any info?

[@davejones5640]

I only watch these videos for the crashes. Good 1.

[@winnerwolf9546]

All them poor Naval aviators.... didn't see any chutes

[@guy_incognito7538]

Johnny Rabuse XD

[@brinsonharris9816]

The scale figure of William Holden survived the crash, only to be machine gunned by Chi Com infantry action figures. Scale Mickey Rooney and Earl Holliman action figures were also KIA. Where do we get such action figures?

[@MothaLuva]

The Panther looked pretty much intact until impacting the ground...

[@carmium]

Those were two beautiful models, and I'm sure a lot of time and money went into them. Can one usually salvage anything from a wreck like this? Engines, radio gear, servos, or some structural parts? Or am I just hoping?

[@downeaster11]

+carmium Probably some or a lot of that stuff.

[@tigtrager6923]

That depends largely on how the plane hit the ground. I've seen a few nitro equipped planes that were complete nose dives right into the ground taking both engine and servos with it, and others where only the body and prop was a real loss.

[@tencz57]

a little can always be salvaged . But it's the time and love of building it that can't be reproduced imo. They never come out the very same twice . Two very nice birds ,time and money lost . So Sorry to see it . !!

[@slipstreamracing692]

not really,,,,,i beg to differ u pay to play he got his money worth id say , also risk u take when u agree to formation flying w a group of ppl , he will build n fly again , I own several models 2 3 thousand a piece they crash its part of flying ,

[@jamesd4923]

Good they deserve all the destruction hope nothing was left to salvage want to play Big Boy games you play Big Boy prices

[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

Who did not see that coming?...(sarc) who ever did, gimme a thumbs up...mid airs make great vids..keep 'em com'in boys..

[@pnotuner1]

The Tigercat was really something. And very skillfully piloted.

[@tomsawyer9403]

That Tigercat was a gorgeous plane. (key tense there is "past")

[@jesteris25]

the navy Pilot tried to eject

[@flyinwalenda]

Your club is very lucky that no car was driving down that road at the time. That could have killed someone.

[@kabbey30]

A well done video. Hope to see more sometime soon.

[@Jgawalters72]

Two great looking and performing planes. I hope they recreate them. Sorry for that loss.

[@almostliveradio]

Wow, it blowed up REAL good!

[@wonderfulwino4265]

REAL GOOD!.

[@billsmith5166]

@@wonderfulwino4265 May the good lord take a like'n to ya!

[@cofrbooboo]

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.

[@johnbravo7542]

Tarasdad,not to mention looming divorce.

[@caramelamcphee8106]

What did they do that was so terrible that you would ban them from your field ?

[@jamesd4923]

Totally overconfident and irresponsible should be regulated by the government thoroughly

[@mariodelgado9729]

@@caramelamcphee8106 He's just a keyboard jokey with a big mouth!!!

[@kingtigertank72]

did the pilots eject on time??

[@scable-eq7bp]

Seems like the Jet took out the Tiger, awesome crash video, would love to see more crash scenes.....

[@nickviner1225]

You're sick.Do you know how many skilled hours go into building one of these beauties?

[@calvinhuddleston576]

not gonna lie and say **oh what a sad loss** i clicked this video to see destruction

[@jamesd4923]

Yes

[@spinynorman887]

Really? Exactly where does the "destruction" happen? I got tired of fast forwarding, and gave up.