Snowbird Crashes at Atlanta Airshow Pilot Ejected

"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick) 10/13/2019 at 14:09 • Filed to: None

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A Canadian Air Force Snowbird went sown during an air show at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Reports say the pilot ejected safely.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 14:20

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Shit. I love the snowbirds

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/13/2019 at 14:22

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They put on a Hell of a Show that is for sure. This is the 1st I’ve heard of one of them going down.

Svend > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 14:29

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Thankfully the pilot ejected safely and nobody else was hurt.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 14:30

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I thought it meant the pilot was ejected from the show ha.

WilliamsSW > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 14:31

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Glad he ejected and the plane seems to have hit an empty area.

The Snowbirds are awesome - they’re a very different show than the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds but more fun to watch in some ways.  

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Svend 10/13/2019 at 14:33

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Yeah and the show is in its 2nd year at that location an earlier location for he plane would have had a good chance of hitting some houses. The race track is in the middle of nowhere 

DipodomysDeserti > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 14:37

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You know it’s Fall in Arizona when Canadian snowbirds start crashing their cars around town.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > WilliamsSW 10/13/2019 at 14:37

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The planes they use are more suited for air show demonstrations than the fighters in my opinion. The he thunderbirds and blue angels you blink and you miss it the snowbirds a slower so your brain has time to process 

WilliamsSW > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 10/13/2019 at 15:02

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The Snowbirds look a lot more graceful, and you get a better sense of how they manage potential and kinetic energy thanks to the lower air speeds.

As an added bonus, they’re a lot quieter.

Some of the aerobatics I’ve enjoyed the most were in slow airplanes - notably a Bucker Jungmeister and a Bonanza.  And of course Bob Hoover in his Shrike Commander.  

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > WilliamsSW 10/13/2019 at 15:08

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Kyle Franklin in his Piper Cub was some of the best aerobatics I’ve seen