[Tyler109]

I'm sure all of you heard the news about Jim Leroy's accident and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. Was anyone else there today? I was actually walking back towards where he crashed when it happened and didn't see what happened but I did get these photos.

[STARMAN 352ND]

I heard about this one as well....Another good pilot...... My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
I remember Jim 2yrs years ago on July 10,2005 he flew with another group called "Masters of Disasters" and both of the pilots Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin were killed Jim's plane was the only one that made it that day.
This is a picture of Jim's plane just as it hit the end of the runway.It looks like he just didn't pull up in time coming out of a dive.The plane was one of two making loop-the-loops with smoke trailing as part of Dayton's air show. It slammed into the runway across a field and caught fire.
Jim is also a former US Marine..
Sempr Fi
JP


Here is the link of pictures taken of Jim during todays airshow.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/p/con...showcrash.html

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here is a video of Jim last year at Oshkosh 2006...
Great stuff.
He will be missed.
JP

[Tyler109]

Thanks for posting the video. Jim really was a great pilot I was looking forward to seeing his Tin stix of dynamite show with Yurgis Kairys in September it was the best non-military show I'd seen.

[David Hingtgen]

Very sad---I saw Jim LeRoy fly almost every year for the past couple of years (including just a few weeks ago), and saw Bobby Younkin and Jimmy Franklin a few times too.

[Captain Eddie]

Very sad thing...I was there and saw it with a friend.

[ZS-VAN]

Very sad indeed. My thoughts go out to his family.

[STARMAN 352ND]

This was just sent to me this morning by email.
It shows the crash.
JP
Here’s a Video of the Crash.
http://tinyurl.com/2yw24t

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here is the latest....they have 3 different views of the crash it also shows the last stunt with the other plane both were doing the same thing but jim went straight down on the "Mary's lamb" the other plane didn't do that.

[PH-LKK]

The whole "loops" thing was obviously nonsense. Indeed, a tremendous tragedy. Looks like the two aircraft were mirroring each other, and Leroy miscalculated his sink rate during the snap rolls (as part of the "Mary's Lamb" maneuver?). The images serve as a powerful reminder of the risks these guys take at every show.