
Rock Veilleux
Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces; pilot with 442 Search and Rescue Squadron flying C-295 Kingfisher aircraft.
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Jun 23, 2026
Retrospective: The Climb Part 1: The Making of Military Aviators
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Brian MorrisonHOST
sure.But in this world, even when you slow down, stay calm, and do everything you've trained to do, sometimes the machine gets a vote

Rock VeilleuxGUEST
We got, like, a weird sound, just, like, something, like, something is different.

Rock VeilleuxGUEST
You know? Like, uh, not broken, but, like, almost like somebody hit the side of your car, like this sound of, like, a little bit of bang.

Rock VeilleuxGUEST
And, like, I'm just, I froze, and I remember, like, in the backseat, there was, uh, Frank Wagner is a German instructor, like F4 pilot.

Rock VeilleuxGUEST
He was in T38, like, full experience, and, uh, he just came with this German accent and said, like, "Oh, just do your emergency response." So, like, I'm almost thinking that is, uh, just, like, a simulated emergency.

Rock VeilleuxGUEST
Back then we're still doing a simulated emergency in the flight, so, like, I was expecting him to say, like, "All right, emergency secure.
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