DAVENPORT, Iowa (September 3, 2012)--Authorities have identified the pilot who was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa as Glenn A. Smith of Frisco.
Smith was CEO of the Warbird Educational Foundation, which owned the Soviet-era jet he was flying.
Smith's plane crashed in a field and burst into flames Saturday after he failed to pull out of a 45-degree bank.
No one else was hurt. Federal officials are investigating.
Smith was part of the HopperFlight jet team, ,which was performing at the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport.
A squadron of planes flew over the crash site Sunday in the "missing man" formation before the air show continued.
