...the Snowbirds, Canada's formation flyers, are officially known as...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 6:14PM ...the Snowbirds, Canada's formation flyers, are officially known as the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron?
...the CT-114 Tutor jet that the Snowbirds have flown since 1971 was designed and built in Canada and was used by the Canadian Forces as its basic pilot training aircraft until 2000?
...the jets are painted in a distinctive red and white paint scheme symbolic of Canada's national flag?
...the CT-114 Tutor jet is 9.75 m long? Has a wingspan of 11.12 m, weighs approximately 7170 lbs (3260 kgs), and can carry 310 U.S. gallons (1173 litres or 2,012 lbs) of fuel?
...the Tutor is powered by a General Electric J-85 engine producing 2,700 pounds of thrust? Top speed of the aircraft, with smoke tanks attached, is 412 knots (470 mph or 750 km/h)?
...the motto of the 4331 Squadron is THE HATITEN RONTERIIOS (Warriors of the air) and it's badge is an Iroquois Indian's head?
...the Snowbirds were at the Yellowknife airshow today and I saw them perform?
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Reader Comments (3)
Eileen -
431 Squadron carries on the tradition established during World War 2, flying operations from November, 1942 through to April 25, 1945 - the last day of operations for Bomber Command during that war. 431 lost 72 aircraft in 2,584 Operational Sorties, with 313 killed, 54 missing and 104 Prisoners of War.
http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?No.-431-Squadron-89
Jim Szpajcher
What a great loss. Thank you for sharing that piece of history ~Eileen Schuh, Author
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On vous remercie de ce partage d'informations.
You're welcome ~Eileen Schuh, Author