Jon Puckett

I have been watching the coverage of the Snowbird crash in Kamloops and it is unfortunate that you have been unable to contact someone to offer comments as to what happened. To me it looked like the plane either lost power or control shortly after take off. The pilot then traded airspeed for altitude in order to bail out. The aircraft climbed bleeding off air speed stalled the pilot rolled to enable the best possible bail out situation. As he rolled level the ejection sequence would be started as the canopy comes off from a Tudor the nose tends to drop and the seat ejects. A stall is also the prelude to a spin if not corrected quickly and at this time the crew were on their way out.These seats are of an older style and need altitude to function completely. The Tudor is a single engine training jet from the early 60ties. My condolences to the team and families.