Yeah, it looks like the initial eye-witness account is pretty bang on with what this video shows. Nose up to somewhere north of 70 degrees, massive airspeed loss and then the accompanying stall. No doubt that crew was trying to fly it right to the end. Terrible to watch.
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Just heard a nasty rumour that the Air Cadet gliding program is in danger of being totally cancelled effective September 1 (i.e. after this summer's class) because of budget cutbacks. Here's hoping that's not the case. It would be a damn shame for the country to lose such a wonderful program that gave so many Canadians their start in aviation (Chris Hadfield being probably the most well-known example).
Whelp, looks like they're more than just rumours if the CBC is reporting it and Peter MacKay is being asked about it during question period.
That's horrible, that program is awesome for kids. I did it myself so many years ago.
Me too...Glider Wings at Rivers Manitoba in the Summer of 1980; Power Wings at Penhold in 1981.
There are other things that could be cut from our military budget...this is a large part of the incentive for young people to join the Air Cadet program in the first place. Obviating it will be yet another nail in the coffin of what once was a proud tradition in our country..
I finished my Cadet experience as the Squadron Warrant Officer for 664 RCAC, (Cold Lake). A valuable experience...on many levels.
The life lessons learned serve me well to this very day.
Pardon my ignorance but was some of the cargo explosive? Or was it just the jet fuel exploding on impact? I was sort of surprised that it became an instant fireball as it wasn't crashing from *that* high up. Plus they almost got the thing into somewhat of a landing position before impact.
In any case, I'm a terrible flyer. Definitely should not have watched that.
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