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The Canadian Forces Demonstration Squadron, the 'Snowbirds', perform a flat show under dreary skies during the Windsor Intl. Airshow. The 'Big Diamond' formation is precision flying at its best, with all 9 aircraft flying in close proximity to one another.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, descend into the drop zone during an Air Mobile Operations water jump training exercise at Drop Zone Lamure Bay in Petawawa, Ontario on August 7, 2015.
Photo: Cpl Angela Gore, Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Des soldats du 3e Bataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment descendent vers la zone de largage au cours d’un entraînement au saut dans l’eau des Opérations aéromobiles, dans la zone de largage de la baie Lamure, à Petawawa (Ontario), le 7 août 2015.
Photo : Cpl Angela Gore, Service d’imagerie de la Garnison Petawawa
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188790 - McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornet - Canadian Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
Canadian Forces soldiers from the Royal 22nd Regiment practice low hover insertion and extraction from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter at CFB Valcartier, Quebec on March 22, 2015.
PHOTO: CFB Valcartier
CAF 130307 - Lockheed CC-130E Hercules - Canadian Armed Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 4041 - built in 1965 -
based Trenton
now 50 years in service!
The band of the Ceremonial Guard marches off parade after the first inspection of the summer, by the Governor-General of Canada, at Rideau Hall.
Today was "Wreaths Across Canada" at several Canadian military cemeteries. I spectated at the Canadian National Military Cemetery here in Ottawa www.wreathsacrosscanada.ca
CAF188761 - McDonnell Douglas CF-18 - Canadian Forces (Toyal Canadian Air Force) CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team 2014 -
at Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) during the 2014 Waterloo Air Show.
The 2014 campaign has the theme "To the Stars – Fuelled by Legacy"
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2014.
CAF 114161 - Canadair CT-114 Tutor - Canadian Armed Forces- Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) SNOWBIRDS
at Brantford Municipal Airport (YFD) during the 2017 Air Show
crashed 17.05.2020 near Kamloops/B.C. shortly after take-off
188938 - McDonnell Douglas CF-188B (F-18B) Hornet - Canadian Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 738/B109 - built in 1988
at YYZ for the 2022 Canadian International Air Show (CIAS)
operated by 425 sqn (Alouette Squadron) , based CFB Bagotville
License-built version of Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer
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Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet, 5000-lbf
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Gatekeeper, Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 197, on the shores of Fairy Lake reservoir
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UPDATE / CORRECTION, May 25, 2021:
Thanks to Flckr member Alfred Fartknocker, I now believe that (at least) the forward fuselage of this Starfighter is from USAF Lockheed F-104A 56-785. See the comments below.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter
My original description of this aircraft from 2019 is below:
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I believe that that most of this Canadair CF-104 Starfighter was operated as 104701 by the Canadian Forces / Royal Canadian Air Force. If it is 104701, it was originally procured as 12701.
From the International F-104 Society:
www.i-f-s.nl/news/104701-moved-to-yanks-air-museum/
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CF-104_Starfighter#United_...
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Canadian Forces, Royal Canadian Medical Service, 23 Field Ambulance.
From the 2015 Strathroy-Caradoc International Emergency Response Day.
Snowbird 6 Capt. Maciej Hatta on final for runway 32 in Dauphin, Manitoba following a performance over Winnipegosis.
Interestingly, flying in a 2nd number 5 jet due to problems with number 6.
I found myself near an airport where I could tell a CC-130 (the Canadian Forces variant of the C-130 Hercules) was just about to take off. Had my camera. Had time to park at the end of the runway. Shot 7 images. This was the best one.
Slower shutter speed (1/800th) and tracking the aircraft progress by panning with the camera: Trading off of pin sharp for the prop blur. The spiral blade tip trails were unexpected, but cool.
A CF-188 Hornet from the Canadian Air Task Force Lithuania flies beside two Portuguese F16 Flying Falcons over Lithuania on September 15, 2014 for the NATO Baltic Air Policing Block 36 during Operation REASSURANCE.
Photo: Cpl Gabrielle DesRochers
Un CF188 Hornet de la force opérationnelle aérienne du Canada en Lituanie survole la Lituanie aux côtés de deux F16 Flying Falcons portugais, le 15 septembre 2014, dans le cadre des opérations du bloc 36 de la police aérienne des pays baltes de l’OTAN menées pendant l’opération Reassurance.
Photo : Cpl Gabrielle DesRochers
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146432 - Bell CH-146 Griffon (B-412CF) Canadian Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
yellow SAR/Rescue/Sauvetage - colours
c/n 46432- built in 1996 by Bell Canada
Canadian Forces Snowbirds Precision Acrobat Team. Tutor Jets. Please see my Photostream for other images from the airshow.
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A CF-188 Hornet from the Canadian Air Task Force Lithuania and a Portuguese F16 Flying Falcon perform manoeuvers over Lithuania on September 15, 2014 for the NATO Baltic Air Policing Block 36 during Operation REASSURANCE.
Photo: Cpl Gabrielle DesRochers
Un CF188 Hornet de la force opérationnelle aérienne du Canada en Lituanie et un F16 Flying Falcons portugais exécutent des manœuvres au-dessus de la Lituanie, le 15 septembre 2014, dans le cadre des opérations du bloc 36 de la police aérienne des pays baltes de l’OTAN menées pendant l’opération Reassurance.
Photo : Cpl Gabrielle DesRochers
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CAF 114009 - Canadian Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) SNOWBIRDS
at Brantford Municipal Airport (YFD) during the 2017 Air Show
new "RCAF - ARC" - titles
CAF 130328 - Lockheed CC-130E Hercules - Canadian Forces - Canadian Air Force (CAF)
at Greenwood Aviation Military Museum, Greenwood, NS. (YZX)
c/n 4289 - built in 1968 -
operated by No. 436 (T) Squadron at CFB Station Trenton, Ontario -
in 2009 transferred to CFB Greenwood, NS operated by No. 413 Squadron -
retired 2016 - preserved Greenwood Aviation Military Museum
Just an amazing performance from the CF-18 Hornet Demo Team, one of the best solos of the short RIAT.
Last of RIAT08 for some days, leaving tomorrow for a USA roadtrip, expect my next updates from the road!
CAF188761 - McDonnell Douglas CF-18 - Canadian Forces (Toyal Canadian Air Force) CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team 2014 -
at Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) during the 2014 Waterloo Air Show.
The 2014 campaign has the theme "To the Stars – Fuelled by Legacy"
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2014.
This is my first venture into HDR and I have to admit, the detail and various tones that it creates is quite impressive. This image was created using the new Nik Software HDR program.
Canadian Forces - Royal Canadian Air Force SNOWBIRDS
As usual the SNOWBIRDS with their Canadair CT-114's performed at the end of the 2016 London Air Show
at London/ON International Airport (YXU)
100 x (around the house photos) 17/100
The weather is really putting a damper on any spring photos. So I had to look around the room for inspiration. This is an official Dutch decoration for successful completion of the International Four Day Marches in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
While this picture won't likely grab anyones attention on it's own, for someone who's completed the Nijmegen Vierdaagse (Four Days) Marches, it will probably speak volumes. So, I'll try and give that context.
Each of the four days is a different 40-km route, for a total of 160-km. Over 40,000 people take part in the event. It is so popular as a world-wide walking/endurance event that the registration has to be limited. This includes about 5,000 soldiers from a wide range of countries. Canadian military participants typically march as a member of one of the teams that make up the official Canadian Contingent and men and women both do it in 'combats' with a weighted rucksack.
The KNBLO stands for the Royal Dutch League for Physical Education (Koninkijke Nederlandsche Bond Voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding). The first march was in 1909 and it has gone strong every year with the notable exceptions of the two worlds wars; and in 2006 when it had to be cancelled, after the first day, because of exceptionally hot temperatures which were attributed as contributing factors to the death of two civilian marchers and the hospitalization of a further 300. The blue colour of the cross signifies that I was 'foolish' enough to complete the march five times.
The Canadian Armed Forces have a tradition of sending a contingent to do the marches every year since the end of World War II. The Netherlands was a major theatre of operations for Canada. It was the Canadian Army who finally accepted the German surrender officially ending the war in that country. To say the Dutch have not forgotten the sacrifice of so many young Canadians is an understatement. The stories are too numerous for one photo, but the cost of that respect is brought home to the Canadian march participants on the third day's march when the route takes them directly in front of the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery where over 2500 Canadians have their final resting place - most died during operations surrounding the push across the Rhine into Germany. It is but one of several Canadian cemeteries in The Netherlands. To visit such a cemetery is to have a history lesson like no other. Much of the respect Canada was immediately afforded post-WWII was out of proportion to our size and was because of the price paid at least in part by those still at Groesbeek. Needless to say we stop to pay our respects each and every year.
I should point out that there are other Commonwealth nationalities buried at Groesbeek, most notably the British; and almost every countries military contingent - and a significantly large number of civilians - stop to pay their respects. I also had the opportunity to stop at Groesbeek while bicycling on a day after the marches (when things have returned to normal) and I observed a number of families having picnics on the grounds surrounding the cemetery. At some point they all seemed to walk into the cemetery, with their kids, solemly reading the headstones which are pepperd the names of hundreds of Canadian towns, cities and villages. If they're like me they're looking at the young ages on the headstones. Over the years I saw many men get choked up and shed a tear in front of those headstones - myself included. Which should be everyones reaction when they contemplate the cost of war.
While I've put an emphasis on mentioning the Canadian military (that's my context) it was the marching, socializing, and recovering (from both the marching and socializing) with the soldiers of many of our NATO allies that I'll always remember. It was, and remains, a unique bonding experience. Nothing unites soldiers, and overcomes linguistic and cultural differences, like shared pain.
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