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Pilot dies in crash at West Virginia Air Show

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A vintage plane crashed in a fireball at an air show in Martinsburg, West Virginia on Saturday (September 17).<br/> There was no official word on casualties but the Journal of Martinsburg reports that the pilot was killed in the crash.<br/> The Journal reported that the aircraft lost control during a six-plane stunt formation and then crashed on the runway. The aircraft was flying as part of the T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team, which performs at air shows around the country.<br/> The aircraft was registered to John Mangan, of Concord, N.C. according to a Federal Aviation Administration Registry.<br/> This crash comes on the heels of a crash of another World War Two-era fighter plane in Nevada. The death toll in that crash has risen to nine, authorities said Saturday.

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