Snowbird pilot dies in crash Friday

fatty · 05-19-07, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Globe

Wedding plans have tragically been cancelled for a 31-year-old Snowbird pilot who died Friday in a crash at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, leaving his family in shock and looking for answers.

Captain Shawn McCaughey, of Candiac, Que., was in one of a group of planes that were practising manoeuvres during rehearsal for a weekend air show when his aircraft left the formation and pitched into the ground.

Full page. Condolences to his family, friends, and fiancee

joea · 05-20-07, 05:31 AM

CCIP · 05-20-07, 09:43 AM

Very sad. It seems like the snowbirds have been through some rough times in the past few years.

I saw these guys practicing over Ottawa before Canada day last year, and I hope they'll be back this year (even though they did scare the heck out of me when they roared low over the downtown core out of nowhere in the middle of the day!)

Jimbuna · 05-20-07, 10:34 AM

Very sad

ReallyDedPoet · 05-20-07, 11:14 AM

Saw the Snow Birds last summer on PEI, this is sad news, condolences to the family.

RDP

Sailor Steve · 05-20-07, 03:47 PM

Always feel bad when a performance team loses one.

Heibges · 05-21-07, 12:55 PM

Those guys are definitely the best of the best.

Happy Times · 05-21-07, 02:00 PM

RIP.

Didnt the Blue Angels also loose one pilot this year, dangerous stuff..

05-20-07, 09:43 AM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Very sad. It seems like the snowbirds have been through some rough times in the past few years. I saw these guys practicing over Ottawa before Canada day last year, and I hope they'll be back this year (even though they did scare the heck out of me when they roared low over the downtown core out of nowhere in the middle of the day!) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Very sad __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Saw the Snow Birds last summer on PEI, this is sad news, condolences to the family. RDP __________________ Back in the Day Last edited by ReallyDedPoet; 05-20-07 at 04:45 PM.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Always feel bad when a performance team loses one. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Those guys are definitely the best of the best. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0

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Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	RIP. Didnt the Blue Angels also loose one pilot this year, dangerous stuff.. __________________