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Plane that made emergency soft water landing in ocean on the move to Titusville for repairs J.D. Gallop, Florida Today Replay Video UP NEXT Valiant Air Command, the group that owns the vintage World War II torpedo bomber that splash-landed off Patrick Space Force Base on Saturday, is planning to move the aircraft back to its museum. © MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY After being removed from the surf by crane, the plane sat in the parking lot at Patrick Space Force Base earl...

“He was sputtering down the beach and I was like, oh he doesn’t sound good and I just started filming," Schrader said. “It looked like (the pilot) pulled up at the last moment and avoided any spectators, there were loads of people on the water, and then I saw him on top of the plane. It looked like he was OK," she said.  The pilot reportedly declined medical treatment after the incident, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue officials.  "The TBM Avenger performing in the warbird para...

Florida Today MELBOURNE, Fla. – A World War II-era plane taking part in the Cocoa Beach Air Show made an emergency landing in the ocean near Patrick Space Force Base beaches Saturday afternoon. No one was injured, emergency officials said.   A video posted to Twitter showed the single-engine TBM Avenger making a "soft" landing in the shallow water south of Cocoa Beach. In the footage, the plane descends low in a controlled fashion before coming to a skidding halt in the ocean, sending...

WW2 aircraft goes down in ocean during Florida airshow A plane from the World War II-era crash-landed in the ocean during an airshow on a Florida beach. The plane was taking part in the Cocoa Beach Air Show and made the emergency landing close to Patrick Space Force Base southeast of Orlando on Saturday afternoon on the states eastern coast. Officials said there were no injuries during the incident. Multiple videos posted to social media show the plane, a single-engine TBM Avenger, make a “...

A nonprofit museum in Titusville is raising funds to restore a World War II bomber plane after engine failure forced its pilot to make an emergency landing on Saturday during the Cocoa Beach Air Show.

“Most of you know that our TBM Avenger was forced to land due to engine failure. The good news is that the pilot is fine. The not-so-good news is that it may take several years to rebuild the Avenger,” Valiant Air Command said in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday. The aircraft remained partially embedded in the sandy shoreline Sunday. The group is asking for donations to go toward repairing the saltwater-logged aircraft or have it become a display item at the Warbird Air Museum in ...

WWII era plane makes emergency landing near Florida beach April 18, 2021 3:24 PM CNN photo from: Kami Moffitt (CNN) — A World War II-era plane was forced to land off the coast of Cocoa Beach, Florida, Saturday afternoon after it experienced engine failure. Authorities are now working on getting the plane, which was part of an air show, out of the water, according to Cocoa Beach Air Show spokesperson Chris Dirato. The only person on board the plane, the TBM Avenger, wa...

The plane descended slowly over the water as spectators and swimmers looked on. Credit: WESH 2 News The pilot of a restored World War II-era plane made an emergency ocean landing during the Cocoa Beach Air Show on Saturday. Witnesses said they heard the BM Avenger engine sputtering down the beach as the plane slowly descended. Video on social media showed the plane drifting over swimmers in the ocean before it landed in the ocean, near Patrick Space Force Base in Florida. Dozens of people in th...

A video posted to Twitter Saturday afternoon showed the single-engine plane make a "soft" landing in the shallow waters near Cocoa Beach.

The total number of Brevard County residents vaccinated against COVID-19 rose by 3,808 Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. A total of 210,976 residents, or nearly 35% of the countys population, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 127,076 residents, or nearly 21%, have completed all recommended doses of their versions of the vaccine. According to the Florida Department of Health, Brevards population is 611,202. Only 7% of people vaccinated have re...