MARTINSBURG - The 2011 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow broke even financially despite closing early Saturday and all day Sunday after the tragic death of one of the performers in a fiery plane crash.
MoreThe 2011 Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show, despite being cut short by the fiery crash of a post-World War II aircraft that killed a pilot, met all of its financial obligations thanks to the generosity of performers, sponsors and the community, organizers announced Tuesday.
MoreMARTINSBURG - The board of directors of Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow hope to make a decision by the end of the year whether to hold the show in 2012, Brian Truman, president of the board, said Tuesday.
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MARTINSBURG - Jan Callen, executive director of the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle, plans to leave the post in June of next year.
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MARTINSBURG - Lou Scavnicky gets a little misty-eyed at times when he talks about the Opequon Creek and how much he's enjoyed spending time on it since purchasing waterfront property several years ago.
MoreMARTINSBURG - Several thousand spectators at the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow, including families with young children and school groups, witnessed a terrifying tragedy Saturday afternoon when one of the performers crashed in a fiery explosion, killing the pilot.
MoreThe future of the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House & Air Show remains uncertain after the plane crash Saturday that killed a pilot who was flying a post-World War II aircraft.
MoreMARTINSBURG - The pilot of an airplane was killed in a fiery crash Saturday afternoon while he was performing in the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge airshow at the Eastern Regional Airport.
MoreMARTINSBURG - Thousands of people went silent Saturday afternoon because there was little to be said in the moments after the Trojan Horsemen aircraft, flying so near the ground and the crowd on a passing maneuver that you could see the pilot, quickly rolled and crashed into a nearby runway during the Thunder over the Blue Ridge airshow.
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MARTINSBURG - The climax of the Max Adrenaline Extreme Air Show act "assaults the senses," Neal Darnell explained Thursday, standing beside his Flash Fire Jet Truck.
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