Volume 9 , Issue 50

Jimmy Franklin & Jet Boosted Waco UPF-7

"This is the guy and airplane that I have a picture of you standing with at the Fairview, OK airshow that is hanging on my wall. He and the plane saw a tragic end in a midair with another plane, flown by Bobby Younkin, in an airshow three years or so ago (they had an act called the "Masters of Disaster"). Their sons, Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin, now work together doing airshows like their fathers did, flying their fathers other planes and some of their own. A couple of the their acts is Kyle Franklin flying his dad's famous Waco Mystery Ship that has been in their family forever (it is like the red one only is black and doesn't have the jet engine hanging underneath) (the red one with the jet engine was later painted black also), and Matt Younkin flying the famous Black and Red Twin Beech 18 of his dad's doing very smooth and graceful aerobatics which is really neat and touching to see being performed to music in a tribute to their fathers. They are very young but very good airshow pilots. They have performed here at Alva, OK the last two years. There are other clips there on YouTube of Jimmy Franklin, so watch them all." -- Buddy L. - Jet boosted Waco UPF-7
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