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Texas pilot killed in Iowa air show crash

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By Brittany Schmidt - email

DAVENPORT, IOWA (WKOW) – Authorities have identified the pilot who was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa on Saturday.

According to the Quad-City Times, Glenn A Smith, of Frisco, Texas, was the pilot killed in the crash.  Smith was CEO of the Warbird Educational Foundation that owned the Soviet-era jet he was flying.

Smith was part of the HopperFlight jet team that was performing at the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport.

Officials said the crash created a fireball when Smith's plane failed to pull out of a 45-degree bank and crashed into a field.  No one else was hurt.

A squadron of planes flew over the crash site Sunday in the "missing man" formation before the air show continued.

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