ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209037
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Sunday 29 September 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman F-8F-1 Bearcat |
Owner/operator: | Blue Angels US Navy |
Registration: | 94986 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | NAS Jacksonville, Florida -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed during an airshow just after an eight cuban in unrecoverable spin, Lt(JG) Ross Forest"Robby" Robinson killed in the crash. He was the first "Blue Angel" loss.
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3494807/ross-forest-robinson http://web.archive.org/web/20180422220129/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F8FBearcat.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Apr-2018 18:43 |
j155 |
Added |
10-Feb-2020 10:22 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation