QUESTIONS SURROUND AVENGER DITCHING

摘要

Flying restored historic aircraft allows spectators to experience the sights and sounds of a past era, but it always holds the risk of something going wrong, often with tragic consequences. During an airshow of World War II aircraft over Cocoa Beach, Fla., on April 17, the aerial parade had an unforeseen change in itinerary when the engine of an Eastern Aircraft-built TBM-1 Avenger owned by Valiant Air Command began smoking and, at 200 feet above Satellite Beach, seized.