May 20, 2009: Florida CAP Finds Fatal Crash Site of Parachute-Deployed Aircraft

On this date, the Florida Civil Air Patrol spotted the wreckage of a Cirrus SR20 that had crashed May 19, 2009 while on a training.  Both the pilot and student were killed.  The plane was equipped with a ballistic parachute.

An excerpt from  Velozia Air:

A Cirrus SR20 single-engine plane belonging to The Delta Connection Academy flight school crashed 15 miles northeast of Sanford, Florida (near Orlando) while on a routine training flight.  The occupants of the airplane, instructor Adi Atkinson and student Derek Fox, were killed on impact.  Even though witnesses had seen the plane crash around 2:30 pm on Tuesday, authorities didn’t reach the crash scene until after 4:00 am on Wednesday.

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April 11, 2009: Florida Wing of the CAP Rescinds Mandatory Wear of Wing Patch

On this date, the Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol rescinded mandatory wear of its wing patch on BDUs, flight suits, utility and field uniforms.

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