Parachuted from the aircraft but it failed to open and he was killed in the fall.
Pike, R W (Acting Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1930-May-27
Birth Date: 1907-April-25
Born: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
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Service
RCAF
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Rank
Acting Sergeant
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Service Numbers
252
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Rambler GCYXD
Rambler serial: G-CYXD
Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204718)
Curtiss-Reid Rambler Mk. I, CF-ABT, Cartierville, PQ, 1931
Curtiss-Reid Rambler Mk. I, CF-ABT, Cartierville, PQ, 1931
The Reid Rambler, later known under the Curtiss-Reid brand after Reid was purchased by Curtiss, was a biplane trainer/sport aircraft built in Canada in the early 1930s and used in small numbers as a trainer aircraft by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Reid Rambler was primarily intended to be a training aircraft. The Rambler was a largely conventional sesquiplane design with wings braced with Warren trusses and which could be folded backwards for transport or storage. The fuselage was of fabric-covered steel tube construction and the pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits.
Although it was intended principally for civilian use, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) evaluated the aircraft as a basic training aircraft. Although the RCAF employed many other ab-initio aircraft including the ubiquitous de Havilland Moth, senior military staff elected to purchase a small number of the Ramblers. Wikipedia
Wikipedia Curtiss-Reid Rambler
Harold A Skaarup Web Page