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Plane Creek Mucuripe

Corps Lt. Renato Ayres and landing on yacht Club

The day was October 22, 1967 and thousands of people the crowded strip of sand from the Yacht Club to Iracema beach to watch the air show promise for that day as part of celebrations this week of the wing. Dec aircraft participated in the event and even an arson target was mounted into the Bay of Mucuripe for demonstrations of fire.

One of the fighter aircraft were also armed non-TF-33 Brazilian Air Force under the command of 1st Lt. Renato Ayres who had been handed the task of doing acrobatic stunts during the presentation. Lt. Ayres was only 25 years old but had more than 2,000 hours of flight time in their curriculum. He should do different maneuvers in order to "allow the public maximum visibility of the changes on your device."

1st Lt. Renato Arzuaga

Ayres da Silva

But that's exactly what happened. Something went wrong shortly after the noon when the TF-33 was approaching at low altitude trajectory parallel to the beach for a daring maneuver that sometimes he would turn around its own axis, called "toneaux. The aircraft collided with violence the blue-green seas Mucuripe. The impact caused an immediate explosion shocking the population that watched bewildered.

The pilot's body was taken from the sea about 30 minutes after the accident as "frogmen" (as they were called divers) Marine and Fire Department. However, the impact of the explosion was so great that the aircraft crashed. In the days after members of the pilot were found on beaches of the capital.

The moment was captured by photographer experienced
Ezra Guimarães.

According to Colonel-Caldas Sanctus Edivio aviator who was then the commander of Air Base Fortress, "the accident occurred when the aircraft performed the second turn of the back, at which time there was a loss of altitude that the pilots call 'scoop'. Two thousand feet with the tip of the device raised the maneuver is not liable. However Lt. Ayres performed acrobatics at low altitudes in order to allow full visibility to the public and the unit was not offset the loss altitude, crashing and exploding with water immediately. "

TF-33

Colonel Sanctus also complained of obsolete technology of FAB airplanes. He said the TF-33 were already obsolete aircraft that became the top choice of FAB due to its cost-effectiveness.

A brief history of the family: my father at that time was just over 13 years , my grandfather had arranged for a few days before watching the demonstrations of Wing Week. However, in the event of the day my father for a futile reason fell out with my grandfather and tantrum was not watching the presentation of the aircraft. Result: he witnessed one of the "major" events in the city at the time!


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Research and Text:
Marcus Davis


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