Dragon Rapide
Abbotsford International Airshow 2018
- Dan Gagnon
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Hope everyone is ok!
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Ryan Sundheimer
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Just a guess on my part , it kind of looks like the dragon rapide? Of course I'm speculating. Hope everyone's ok. It was offering flights to the public I believe.
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https://www.vancourier.com/news/breakin ... 1.23397314
An woman who attended to Abbotsford Airshow told the Courier her and her friends were waiting for traffic to subside following the end of the Abbotsford International Airshow, when the the vintage plane appeared to be attempting to take off when it suddenly nosedived and hit the ground front first.
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Ryan Sundheimer
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Here's hoping no one was seriously injured.
Honestly the best part was the take-offs. I don't have any good shots of it yet. Single take-offs, form-up, three formation passes while they talk about Santa , and then they depart to "burn off fuel", formation battle break and landing. No burner passes .Dan Gagnon wrote: ↑Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:13 am How was the NORAD fly-by? I know the F-15 not showing up sucked, but it sounds like Friday had 2 x CF-18s and 2 x F-16s, which is still a good looking formation. Was it the same today? Any extra solo passes by aircraft?
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Seeing a couple witness accounts that it lost control on takeoff.
Photo of the incident aircraft at the show:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater
Photo of the incident aircraft at the show:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater
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Ryan Sundheimer
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Not sure if this is based on new information or just a generic statement, but here's the A-10 Demo Team's take:
https://twitter.com/A10DemoTeam/status/ ... 0915822592
https://twitter.com/A10DemoTeam/status/ ... 0915822592
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- AirshowHawk
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The aircraft in question is infact the Dragon Rapide from Historic Flight Foundation. Rides were available to be purchased to be able to fly on either the TBM Avenger or on the Dragon Rapide and it seems like the people that were onboard were paying to go on an adventure of their life time that tragically went south.
Two people were airlifted and generally when that happens here it’s because the person is in serious condition. My thoughts and prayers to everyone on board the flight after the show.
Two people were airlifted and generally when that happens here it’s because the person is in serious condition. My thoughts and prayers to everyone on board the flight after the show.
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- Dan Gagnon
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- Joined: Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:38 pm
- Location: Milton, ON
Article from GlobalNews. 5 people injured. 2 taken by hospital via air ambulance, 3 by ground.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4383253/abbo ... how-crash/
https://globalnews.ca/news/4383253/abbo ... how-crash/
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