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    Posted September 17, 2011 by
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    Martinsburg Air Show crash

    By willdupuis  |  Posted September 17, 2011  |  Martinsburg, West Virginia
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     iReporter willdupuis took these remarkable photos of smoke and flames following an airshow crash in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He says the plane that crashed appeared not to straighten out at all, but simply lost altitude and hit the ground.
    - Echerneff, CNN iReport producer

    These 9 attached photos are from the T-28 plane that crashed during today's air show at the Martinsburg Air Show.  The Trojan Horseman were performing their demostration when the two planes flying solo did a flyby right in front of us.  Right after the planes crossed, one of them hit the ground and burst into a huge ball of flames.

     

    Before the plane hit the ground, it was flying very low to the ground and was flying on it's side.

     

    The emergency crews responded imediately and it seemed that the flames were extinguished within a minute of the plane hitting the ground.

     

    I checked the all the photos I took of the planes just prior to the crash for any signs of damage, and could not find any signs of anything unusual.

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