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…
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,…