Tag Archives: Jimmy Franklin

Rewarding Legendary Showmanship… Kyle Franklin Receives 2017 Bill Barber Award For Showmanship

by Brad Donner Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue In the summer of 1989, aviation publisher Dave Weiman presented the Bill Barber Award For Showmanship to Jimmy Franklin during the performers appreciation banquet at the Quad Cities International … Continue reading

Posted in All Features, Awards & Recognitions, Features, June/July 2017 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Amanda Franklin Passes On

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Wingwalker Amanda Franklin, who was seriously burned in a March 12, 2011 air show accident, passed away on May 27, 2011 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. The accident occurred when the engine quit … Continue reading

Posted in All Headlines, Headlines, June/July 2011, People | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment