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[VonWaffen]

         The Grumman TBM Avenger involved in the incident was restored to flying status just over a year ago on January 11, 2020 following an extensive 18-year restoration to airworthiness. Prior to her restoration, she had last flown from 1956 until 1964 while operating as a water bomber in the forest fire suppression role for the U.S. Forestry Service in Davis, California. In 1964, the aircraft was transferred to the Georgia Forestry Commission in Macon, Georgia where she continued the firefighting mission until 1969 when she was transferred between a series of private owners until purchased by the Valiant Air Command in 2002. The Valiant Air Command was flying four aircraft at the Cocoa Beach Airshow including their flagship C-47 Dakota “Tico Bell”, a North American SNJ-4 trainer, an N2S Steerman biplane trainer and the TBM Avenger involved in the incident.

[Yaro59]

A movie like the real thing, when these planes were doing combat flights. Only the scenery is not

[tomoose]

They had a couple of Avengers as water-bombers in New Brunswick when I was stationed there about 20 years ago (geez, time flies).   I remember thinking they were the loudest single-engine plane I'd ever heard!  You could hear them coming from miles away!