[Kickass Conservative]

When ALL four of the Air Force Thunderbirds Diamond Demonstration Team died from crashing into the ground in practice way back when the Lead Pilot was a Man.

Just sayin’...

[treetopsandroofs]

Sounds like Wesley Crusher’s graduation, minus the emergency beam-out.

Source/History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Thunderbirds_Indian_Springs_Diamond_Crash

[DuncanWaring]

That was due to a mechanical problem in the lead pilot’s airplane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Thunderbirds_Indian_Springs_Diamond_Crash

https://jjetspress.com/TBDmishapreport.pdf

[hattend]

Lead Pilot's plane had mechanical malfunction and the group was flying line abreast, not watching the ground come up.

"Initial speculation was that the accident might have been due to pilot error, that the leader might have misjudged his altitude or speed and the other three pilots repeated the error.[4] However, the Air Force concluded that the crash was due to a jammed stabilizer on the lead jet. The other pilots, in accordance with their training, did not break formation.[6]"