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Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby 61_OTU » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:33 am

Just seen this linked from UKAR

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... da&s_name=

With Ken's pics of the Snowbirds they seem like a 'home team' to me, I hope they can sort out what happened.

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Re: Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby Anxyous » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:37 am

Oh dear :'(
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Re: Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:20 pm

very sad
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Re: Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby tcco94 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:08 am

Oh no  :'(
I was looking forward to seeing them on Sunday in San Fransico..
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My prayers are for them. Great team and pilots.
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Re: Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby BigTruck » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:14 pm

The good news is, I saw them flying over the bay today while I was at a funeral detail, so they are still performing for fleet week.

Godspeed to those involved in the crash
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Re: Fatal Snowbird crash

Postby tcco94 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:06 pm

Well I did see them perform today they were great but I was reading some other articles from that website when they identifyed the people in the crash and im pretty sure I read that there was no collision and that it was a problem with there airplane or something like that.

I was thinking this morning as I saw them fly if they crashed recently because of there airplane maybe an engine failure or something or maybe becuase there jets are getting a little old and used up wouldent that be the same for all the jets. They might be all in danger if that is the case but I dont exactly know how many jets they use, how the crash happened, or how good there jets are now.

Just a thought.. :-/
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