I spun the Aerobat ten times, for some reason it would not respond to a recovery immediatly. In a flash of a moment, I though about my friend Frank Jenkinson who perished in a Pitts Special after getting into a spin; then I though about the time we went around about 14 times also in…
September 22, 2024Time: 13:00 local I departed Oshawa toward Lindsay, then at the north end of Scugog island I diverted toward the Peterborough Airport. Some friends asked if I could fly a low and over so that they could video the Glasair doing something which is quite normal for this machine. The Ceiling was broken…
50 minutes of terror On the 21st May 2011 I departed Brantford airport in my Glasair 3 on route to Oshawa, at approximately 200 feet the Gull canopy on the left side (pilot’s side) detached itself from the fuselage, there was a loud “BANG” I thought that the canopy had collided with the tail section, I continued to climb,…