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ap has this on wire..

Report: Blue Angel crashes at S.C. show

The Associated Press

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_re_us/blue_angel_crash;_ylt=AvG0wddzYTNmli3AhIW.1SGs0NUE

BEAUFORT, S.C. - A Navy F-18 Blue Angel plane crashed during an air show Saturday, according to televised reports.

Witnesses said the planes were flying in formation, and then one dropped down below the trees and apparently crashed.

“The next thing I seen was just a big black cloud of smoke,” Gerald Popp, who lives nearby, told CNN.

It was not known if the pilot survived.

At the Blue Angels command headquarters at Pensacola Naval Air Station the petty officer duty said he “had no comment at this time.”

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1 dead after Blue Angels jet crashes during air show
POSTED: 5:48 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2007

Story Highlights• NEW: Beaufort County coroner’s office confirms one fatality

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/21/blueangels.crash/index.html

(CNN) — A jet flying in formation with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team crashed Saturday during an air show near Beaufort, South Carolina, authorities said.

The Beaufort County coroner’s office told CNN there is one confirmed fatality.

There had been indications the pilot may have survived the crash. “I was told [the pilot] was alive, but I can’t confirm that,” a South Carolina state trooper speaking on condition of anonymity told CNN.

There were conflicting reports about the crash site.

According to a reporter from a local television station, the plane crashed into some homes, setting them on fire.

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Lt. Kevin “Kojak” Davis and the No. 7 Blue Angels F/A-18 “Hornet” two-place aircraft will arrive at Oshkosh on Sunday, July 23 and depart on Wednesday, July 26. During his stay, Lt. Davis will also present a special evening program at EAA’s Theater in the Woods on Tuesday, July 25. The F/A-18 Hornet will be parked EAA AirVenture’s showcase AeroShell Square on July 24-25, giving AirVenture attendees photo opportunities right next to the Blue Angels’ legendary aircraft.

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Lt. Davis is a native of Pittsfield, Mass., and a graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Since joining the U.S. Navy in 1996, he has flown a variety of aircraft, graduated from the Navy’s “TOPGUN” weapons school and served extended tours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in the North Arabian Sea and Arabian Gulf. Davis, who joined the Blue Angels in September 2005, has accumulated more than 2,000 flight hours and made 150 carrier landings.