it was just unbelievable to me. march 25th, 2011, dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. my buddy, kirk, who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about
Decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn t really seem out of the ordinary to me. but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls. and the pilot struggles to make the runway. at first, it looks to darby like the plane is going to make it. then as it was coming in, it just seemed like all of a sudden, it just dropped. it just hit the water. [ bleep ] dude. crashed and flipped forward. and it was just shocking, to say the least. immediately, boaters in the vicinity of the crash spring into action.
march 25th, 2011, dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. my buddy, kirk, who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows
instead, it slams into a harbor holy [ bleep ]. plunging the pilot and passenger under water. oh, my goodness. it was just unbelievable to me. march 25th, 2011, dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. my buddy, kirk, who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave
march 25th, 2011, dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. my buddy, kirk, who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows