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4. Oh, no...the Snowbirds are amazing.

Sun May 17, 2020, 06:54 PM

May 2020

I've seen them perform a few times, and they do a very graceful and technically perfect show. The US Navy Blue Angels are all about speed and power, the USAF Thunderbirds are precision. The Snowbirds put on a much more 'relaxed' show. I've also seen the British Red Arrows and Italian Frecce Tricolori demonstration teams.

From CBC coverage it looks like it was most likely something mechanical. The planes are Canadair CT-114 Tutor models, produced from the 1960's until 2000. The Snowbirds regularly swap out their planes with Canadian Forces trainer aircraft so they are flying low flight-time airframes. They are maintained to the highest standards.

Here's a CBC link to the latest news:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/plane-crash-kamloops-1.5573930

A great loss.

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Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashes in Kamloops, B.C. [View all] applegrove May 2020 OP

Any DUer military or pilots know what might have caused the incident as described? Budi May 2020 #1

The article says the planes were 2naSalit May 2020 #2

There's a video and it looks like the plane EllieBC May 2020 #3

This is a pretty good analysis from an airline pilot. Hassin Bin Sober May 2020 #10

Thanks you for posting that. Juan always does excellent analysis in his videos. SeattleVet May 2020 #13

Oh, no...the Snowbirds are amazing. SeattleVet May 2020 #4

Thanks for all that news. applegrove May 2020 #5

Good info & interesting story. Thanks for your post, SeattleVet Budi May 2020 #11

Latest information (19 minutes ago update) SeattleVet May 2020 #6

Oh no. So sad. applegrove May 2020 #8

K & R . Much appreciate your post. Budi May 2020 #12

"Operation Inspiration" - Snowbirds flew to raise the spirits of a country under lockdown Worried2020 May 2020 #7

. applegrove May 2020 #9