A tragic weekend saw three separate fatal incidents on the airshow circuit, resulting in the deaths of multiple performers.
Incidents included an RAF Red Arrows pilot crashing in England, stunt pilot Bryan Jensen dying in Kansas City, and wing walker Todd Green falling during a performance in Michigan.
Todd Green's death marked the fourth airshow fatality in North America in 2011.
Airshow advocates emphasize that performers willingly take risks, but highlight the industry's safety record for spectators, with no spectator fatalities in North American airshows in over 50 years.
Multiple performers were killed during a tragic weekend for the airshow circuit that included three separate fatal incidents.
One of the first occurred on Saturday at the Bournemouth Air Festival in England, when a Royal Air Force pilot who belonged to the elite Red Arrows aerobatic team died after the Hawk T-1 he was piloting crashed under unknown circumstances.
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