NoSG0 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Global News is reporting Captain Jennifer Casey, the Public Affairs Officer for the Snowbirds has died. RIP Captain Casey. Condolences to friends and family. I hope the other injured person(I think RCAF) makes a full & speedy recovery. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN22T0RT Story about the crash, sounds like mechanical failure or pilot induced. Witnesses say they took off in a pair and almost immediately one pulled vertical. Almost as if the controls failed or the pilot had health issues possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The video does show one of two aircraft taking off and the left aircraft pulling up and away to the left where it dropped to a nose down attitude with both crew ejecting clear. Quite how the Flightglobal publication determined it to be the middle of a display is questionable and annoying. RIP and condolences to those involved. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 RIP and condolences to those who have lost loved ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheather Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Sad news. Do they normally fly with two crew or was this an unfortunate joyride? Did both eject, I can see in the video two gets of grey smoke from the plane which I assume are the ejections - both very low, especially the second one. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The fatality was Captain Jennifer Casey, the Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, nheather said: Do they normally fly with two crew or was this an unfortunate joyride? From this photo, it would appear Captain Casey routinely flew in one of the aircraft - PAO insciption on the side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSG0 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) Discussion over on a.net. with video links. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1445951&p=22221893&hilit=kamloops#p22221893 Edited May 18, 2020 by NoSG0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) The climb looks like an attempt to gain altitude after an engine failure or some other issue. The Tutor doesn't have zero zero ejection seats so altitude is needed. But it seems to have ended in a stall then a spin, with a very late ejection outside the seat envelope. It's remarkable that anyone survived. Edited May 18, 2020 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) If we cannot speculate over the apparent demise of Wingnuts, why are we allowing speculation over actual death, @Mike?, @Julien? Edited May 18, 2020 by Paul Bradley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, Paul Bradley said: If we cannot speculate over the apparent demise of Wingnuts, why are we allowing speculation over actual death, @Mike?, @Julien? Quite right, we should not. This should be left for the official report. Please end any specualtion now. RIP Capt Cassey. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 🇨🇦 Clear skies Captain Casey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Julien said: Don't know what's supposed to be showing here, but all I get initially is a set of grey boxes that look like they're going to show a forum link, but then disappear completely... ....exactly the same happened when I 'quoted' in this reply - grey boxes that pulsed a couple of times and then vanished... Edited May 19, 2020 by andyf117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, andyf117 said: Don't know what's supposed to be showing here It's a link to the Snowbirds Facebook page, click on it and it takes you there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave Swindell said: It's a link to the Snowbirds Facebook page, click on it and it takes you there. Yes thats correct. Thx Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Dave Swindell said: It's a link to the Snowbirds Facebook page, click on it and it takes you there. Nothing shows there for me to click on - as I said, I see grey boxes pulsing for a few seconds, then they vanish, and the post appears blank... ....running the cursor over the post reveals nothing either - exactly the same happened as before when I returned to the thread again now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, andyf117 said: Nothing shows there for me to click on - as I said, I see grey boxes pulsing for a few seconds, then they vanish, and the post appears blank... ....running the cursor over the post reveals nothing either - exactly the same happened as before when I returned to the thread again now... Andy, You're not the only one experiencing problems! I can see the FB page embedded ok (no grey pulsing boxes), but when I click on it, nothing happens. No links open up, no new windows open, just nuffink! Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSG0 Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Right mouse click on Canadian Forces Snowbirds link. Open link in new tab. That should take you to the site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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