VP of Airbus USA in small aircraft crash

[upintheair_]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-faced-f ... d=33447961

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/09/01/pi ... -be-alive/

[cncpc]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-faced-f ... d=33447961

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/09/01/pi ... -be-alive/

Seems it was a Cirrus. No chute?

[CpnCrunch]

The article says Lancair.

[bizjets101]

N846KM (Mahar built kit) Lancair IV-P

[armchair]

Report says pilot Ken McKenzie is ex-Canadian military pilot. Anyone knows or remembers when and where Ken worked in the CF?

[ahramin]

I was surprised. I didn’t expect the plane to catch fire. I was surprised that there were flames and the aircraft was really really warm.

I'll admit it would surprise me too. A friend of mine ended up upside down with a fuel tank leaking a couple years ago and was stuck in the cockpit for 5 minutes with a master on that he couldn't reach. Didn't catch fire but he still has nightmares about it. Even after that, during the two forced approaches I practiced this year I really wasn't thinking what would I do if it caught fire after touchdown. Think I'll run another practice egress with my wife and make sure we've got everything set up to get out in a hurry if we have to.

[KAG]

He's also the former vp of Westjet. I'm glad he's alright. I wish he and his wife a speedy full recovery.