Αυτόπτες μάρτυρες είπαν ότι το αεροπλάνο που μετέφερε την γυναίκα περιπατητή και τον πιλότο πήγαινε "πολύ χαμηλά και πολύ αργά» πριν συντριβή μέσα σε μια τεράστια σφαίρα φωτιάς στην αεροπορική επίδειξη το απόγευμα του Σαββάτου στο Ohio.H Jane Wicker, μητέρα δύο παιδιών, ήταν στην κορυφή του διπλάνου στο Σαλόνι Vectren Air κοντά στο Ντέιτον του Οχάιο, όταν έπεσε στο έδαφος.
Ο πιλότος, Charlie Schwenker, επίσης, έχασε τη ζωή τους κατά τη συντριβή μετά την προσπάθεια του να κατευθύνει το αεροπλάνο μακριά από τους τρομοκρατημένους θεατές.
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Smoke: A stunt plane is consumed by fire after crashing at the Vectren Air Show in Dayton, Ohio. The crash killed two, the pilot and winger walker Jane Wicker
Turn: One wiitness said the pilot, Charlie Schwenker, steered the plane away from onlookers before the crash
Terror: Witnesses describe hearing screams before the plane crashed
Mid-crash: One witness said he believed the plane was flying 'too low and too slow'
Wreckage: The bi-plane hit the ground and burst into flames, instantly killing the pilot and performer
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All of a sudden I heard screaming and looked up and there was a fire ball,' Stan Thayer of Wilmington told the Dayton Daily News.
Lost control: Wing walker Jane Wicker, who was killed on impact, can be seen at the bottom of the picture hanging on to the plane's wing. One witness said she looked 'very scared' before the crash
Crash: The Vectren Air Show was cancelled for the day after the crash
Smoulders: The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash
Before: Stunt woman Jane Wicker sits on the wing of the bi-plane performing tricks for the crowd below minutes before the plane fatally crashed into the ground
After: This photo from WHIO TV shows the plane on fire after it crashed, killing the pilot and stunt performer
Fatal: Wing walker Jane Wicker and her pilot Charlie Schwenker were confirmed dead at the scene
Crash in Dayton: Wing walker Jane Wicker pictured in her plane
Lives saved: Wicker's pilot, Charlie Schwenker, also perished in the crash, but not before one witness said he steered the plane away from spectators, possibly saving lives
Mother: Wicker was the mother of two sons. She met her now ex-husband through flying and for a while he was her pilot until the marriage dissolved
According to her website, Wicker was a full-time budget-analyst at the FAA, a freelance writer and had recently returned to school to earn a degree in finance.
Wicker wrote on her site that she never had any close calls.
'What you see us do out there is after an enormous amount of practice and fine tuning, not to mention the airplane goes through microscopic care. It is a managed risk and that is what keeps us alive,' she wrote.
Wicker first got interested in aviation after taking a ride with a friend in 1988. After her first flying lesson she was hooked and continued to pay for all of her flying lessons until she received her pilot's certificate in 1989.
Wicker went on to get her several other pilot's ratings, all while working full-time.
Wing walker: Jane was in the middle of one of her wing walking performances when her plane crashed
Air acrobat: Wicker mid-performance
For a birthday present in 1989, she was gifted with an aerobatic plane ride. She loved it and a year later applied to be a wing walker after seeing a classified ad in the Washington Post.
The first time she walked on a wing was also her first air show.
Wicker met her now ex-husband Kirk Wicker at a wing-walking audition. Jane and Kirk joined up and they created 'Beauty and the Beast Wing Walking' together. She would walk on the wings while Kirk would fly the plane. When their marriage dissolved in 2002, Wicker took a break from wing walking. The couple had two sons, one of which - Ben Wicker - just recently graduated high school.
She got back into wing walking in 2009 when she bought a new plane, Aurora, and re-entered the Airshow Circuit.
Sad day: Another photo on Facebook seems to indicate that Wicker had recently become engagedd
Plane down: Witnesses wrote on Twitter that Wicker seemed to be sitting atop the plane when it crashed
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