walkers in the air show business. it s a really thrilling thing to see. the routine is going exactly as they rehearse it. amanda s jaw-dropping stunts and kyle s aerial acrobatics wow the crowd. kyle franklin is one of the finest performers i ve ever seen. his airplane is a unique biplane. it s big, it s loud. he makes it do things that airplanes shouldn t be able to do. he has a pretty sophisticated smoke system that pumps out smoke as he s doing, you know, all of his aerobatic maneuvers and it s quite entertaining. and amanda, basically, crawls all over the airplane while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers with that big old biplane of his. but toward the end of their routine, something goes horribly wrong. there was one final loop that they made, and i guess we were all just waiting for them to come back down. he s going to crash. and the plane didn t come
smoke system that pumps out smoke as he s doing, you know, all of his aerobatic maneuvers and it s quite entertaining. and amanda, basically, crawls all over the airplane while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers with that big old biplane of his. but toward the end of their routine, something goes horribly wrong. there was one final loop that they made and i guess we were all just waiting for them to come back down. he s going to crash. and the plane didn t come back up. it just kind of disappeared behind a little brush line. i didn t know what was happening. we actually thought it was part of the show at first. people were anticipating for the plane to come back up. the plane never rises and people in the crowd realize they just witnessed a terrible accident. i was so shocked because the crowd, some thousands of people were here, and you could have heard a pin drop.
amanda s daring wing walking. there aren t many wing walkers in the air show business. it s a thrilling thing to see. their routine is going as clockwork. just as they ve practiced it. kyle franklin is one of the greatest aerobatic performers i ve ever seen. it s a unique biplane. he makes it do things that airplanes shouldn t be able to do. he has a pretty sophisticated smoke system that pumps out smoke as he s doing all of his aerobatic maneuvers. it s quite entertaining. and amanda basically crawls all over the airplane while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers with that big biplane of his. but as their routine ends, something goes horribly wrong. there was one final move that they made and i guess we were all just waiting for them to
hi, everybody. good morning. i m thomas roberts, in today for alex witt, and here are the top stories at the bottom of the hour for you. the national weather service confirms that a tornado touched down in a northern part of wisconsin on friday. one man died in that storm, making it the 57th killer tornado so far this year across the states. two small planes collided this afternoon over an airport in southern new jersey, killing one pilot. the faa says the planes were performing aerobatic maneuvers over the airport when they hit each other. the pilot of one of the planes parachuted and lived, while the other pilot was killed in that collision. an update now on the attacks on the libyan capital of tripoli. if confirms, it would be the first time in the six-month-old uprising that the libyan capital has come under direct assault. according to the ap, the city is largely quiet today after a night of gunfire and explosions. but let s talk more about that this morning. joining me fr