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Fighter Jet Crashes in Texas


What: CNR AIRCRAFT INC Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin
Where: Trinity River, SW of Scurry, TX
When: Dec 13, 2012 10:30 a.m.
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: When the Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin fighter jet impacted terrain, the two aboard, Fisher Floyd and Noell Rather were killed. The impact occurred near the juncture of the Trinity River and Highway 35, leaving a debris field for hundreds of feet.

Floyd won the flight in an auction. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.

Rather flew fighter jets for ten years in the U.S. Air Force

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