SNJ-2 Crash In Virginia

A World War II-era vintage SNJ-2 crashed on the edge of a runway at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach at 12:25 p.m. as he was prepping for an air show

The aircraft, veered toward a wooded area just off the runway and then began to drop "like a pancake," said witness Marylou Atwell, a plane enthusiast from Wilmington, Del.

The plane was part of a nine-pilot team that flies six SNJ-2 planes, which were used to train Allied pilots in World War II. Only about 10 of them are left in the world, according to the Web site, which says the team is the "only World War II civilian squadron flying today.