RCAF display team 2018

This is actually 23641. First flight 5 Jan 1956. Delivered to No. 1 Air Division. With 439 (F) Squadron. To No. 1 (F) OTU RCAF Station Chatham 2 Mar 1961. To Golden Hawks RCAF Station Trenton 14 Mar 1963. Active Reserve No. 6 Repair Depot Detachment Mountain View 11 Mar 1964. Strike off 20 Dec 1966. To Crown Assets Disposal Corp. Sold to City of Belleville ON. Preserved, displayed in Golden Hawks colours. Displayed in West Zwick's Island Park which is on the waterfront in Belleville, Ontario just west of the Belleville Bay Bridge. Belleville is 14 km east of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, a major RCAF base.

Nicely displayed Canadair built Freedom Fighter recently re-restored and now on a much nicer location at the airport

This CH-124 was on deployment at NAS de Kooy near Den Helder while its ship was berthed in the naval port of Den Helder.

Volunteers members of the Toronto Aerospace Museum (TAM) build a full scale medical model of the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow at Downsview Airport between 1998 and October 2006 when the aircraft was rolled out before large crowds. The original supersonic Arrow program was cancelled by the Canadian government on February 20, 1959 and all Arrows scrapped except for a cockpit and one wing set. In Sep. 2011, the Museum was evicted from Downsview Park so the historic DHC hangar could be demolished to build a hockey rink. The Arrow model moved to YYZ on Sep. 21-22, 2013 and later to Edenvale Airport.

Before 1971, this Tutor had serial number 26012. Pictured with 2 CFTS, the aircraft would fly with the Snowbirds 1995 - 2001. Stored at CFD Mountainview, it would move to CFB Borden in 2008. The red and white markings on the canopy denote an new acrylic windscreen which required a different installation procedure being introduced on the Tutor. After the fleet was converted, the windscreen frame reverted back to natural metal.

The red 'X' gives clue regarding the owner: Test and evaluation squadron based at Cold Lake.

Operated by Group Transient & Training Flight (GTTF), 1st Canadian Air Division (HQ Flight).

410 Cougars Sqn.

After the Nellis airshow the solo display aircraft came into NAF El Centro in clean configuration with only a travel pod attached, a week later I saw this aircraft in a total different configuration flying missions in the Yuma ranges. This year's special colours are celebrating 25 years of Hornet service in Canada, right hand side blue tail colours, left hand side red and orange colours.

On the Monday after the Nellis airshow the special coloured solo display Hornet flew into NAF El Centro to meet its comrades there. A total of ten Hornets were deployed to make good use of the Yuma ranges and the fine weather conditions. The special tail is for the 25th anniversary of Hornet in Canadian service.

410 Cougars

Canada flew two batches of McDonnell CF-101 Voodoos. The first batch of CF-101Bs entered service in 1961-62 and were returned to the USAF in 1971. The second batch of 67 CF-101F's aircraft were delivered in 1970-1971 (and one in 1982) and were retired with the delivery of new CF-18s. CF-101F 101003 was ex-USAF s/n 56-262. It served with 410 Sqn. and 425. Sqn at CFB Bagotville, Quebec and 416 Sqn at CFB Chatham, New Brunswick. It was preserved at CFB Goose Bay by 1994, but probably earlier. For more info on the CAF CF-101F's, see http://www.rwrwalker.ca/caf_voodoos_detailed_list.htm

Canadian Forces Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing was activated at Kandahar in December 2008 and equipped with three CC-130 Hercules, eight CH-146 Griffons, six Mil Mi-8s (from Skylink Aviation of Toronto), and six used Boeing CH-47D Chinooks acquired from the US Army in Afghanistan, including 147205, in 2008. Originally CH-47A, serial 66-00103 (B.236); it was upgraded to a CH-47D in March 1986 and became 86-01650 (M.3155). Damaged on landing in Panjwaii on May 16 2011 it was recovered by a CH-53E. The CH-47Ds were stored at Davis-Monthan AFB by late 2011 and some sent to RCAF Museums.

The Royal Canadian Navy acquired 41 CHSS-2 Sea Kings in 1963-1969 for ASW use. Four were built by Sikorsky and the remaining 37 by United Aircraft of Canada (Pratt & Whitney Canada) in Longueuil, PQ. Most were deployed on destroyers and frigates. The last CH-124s retired at 443 Sqn. at Victoria Airport, BC in Dec. 2018 and replaced by the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone. Several went to RCAF base museums and the rest (about 16) were sold to Rotor Maxx Support Ltd. in Parksville, BC (owned by the VIH Group). 12429 was the last Sea King deployed at sea with HMCS St. John's from Jan. 16-Jul. 23, 2018.