UPDATE: The pilot who died in the Quad-City Air Show crash Saturday has been identified as Glenn Smith, 59, of Frisco, Texas.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (with Reuters) - A Soviet-era military training jet crashed and burst into flames during an air show in Iowa on Saturday, killing the pilot in an accident that occurred near a busy interstate highway, authorities said.
Corporal Jacob Pries of the Davenport Police Department said the accident involving the L-39 jet, developed in the former Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s, occurred about 1:30 p.m. during the annual Quad-City Air Show.
It happened near the Flying-J truck stop in northwest Davenport. KWQC-TV has confirmed that the crash involved the
Hopper Demo Flight Team.
The jet was flying in formation shortly before it crashed alongside the I-80 highway. It ploughed into a field near the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center in northern Davenport, Fries said.
There were no injuries or reports of any damage on the ground, Fries added.
He said the cause of the crash was under investigation and the pilot's name was being withheld pending notification of his family.
For more details and photos, click here: http://www.kwqc.com/story/19435419/deadly-crash-at-air-show
Glenn "Skids" Smith, 59, of Frisco, TX was killed Saturday when his plane crashed at the Quad City Air Show.
This memorial for pilot Glenn Smith now sits near the site of Saturday's fatal crash.
