Spot News, 3rd prize
Ron Richards
Gamma
Gamma
24 July, 1993
Pilot ejecting as his plane spirals to the ground in flames during the International Air Tattoo. In the midst of an aerobatics display two Russian MiG-29 jetfighters collided, bending the fuselage at cockpit level. Both pilots escaped unharmed.
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