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Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team
The Snowbirds Demonstration Team (431
Squadron) is a Canadian icon comprised of serving
members of the Canadian Forces and Reserves. Their
pilots and technicians work as a team to bring
thrilling performances to the North American public.
Serving as Canadian ambassadors, the Snowbirds
demonstrate the high level of professionalism,
teamwork, excellence, discipline and dedication
inherent in the women and men of the Air Force and the
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CF-18
Hornet National Demonstration Team
Captain Yanick ‘CRANK’ Gregoire
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CF-18 Demo pilot
Captain Yanick “Crank” Gregoire, 33, was
born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. In 1997, after graduating from
Toronto’s Seneca College with an Aviation and Flight Technology
diploma, he enrolled in the Canadian forces under the Direct Entry
Officer Plan (DEO). Read Full Biography |
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CH-146 Griffon SAR Demo - Search & Rescue
The Squadron is charged with flying search and rescue
(SAR), medevacs and Cold Lake Air Weapons Range
maintenance. Griffon crews provide search and rescue
for an area covering the 1.17 million hectares
straddling the Alberta/Saskatchewan border that makes
up the range. |
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CP-140 Aurora Flying Demo (TBC)
In order to patrol the world's longest coastline,
Canada needs an Aircraft with some very long legs.
Meet the Aurora, a long-range patrol Aircraft able to
fly over 9,000 km/5,000nm without refueling and
Canada's only strategic airborne land and sea
surveillance Aircraft. Designed originally for
anti-submarine warfare, the Aurora remains capable of
detecting the latest generation of stealthy
submarines. But its multi-role capability means it's
also ready to tackle a variety of different missions. |
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Sky Hawks Parachute Team
The Canadian Forces
parachute demonstration team, The SkyHawks, is
comprised of highly professional, skilled, and
experienced soldiers from the Regular and Reserve
Forces. The team has conducted over 3,400 parachute
descents in preparation for their 2006 season, which
runs from March until October. |
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CL-215 Water Bomber Demonstration
(Northern Air Operations)
Canadair
CL-215, unique amphibious aircraft designed to fight forest fires with
water bombing and chemical fire retardants. It can scoop up a load of
over 5000 litres of water in 10 seconds while skimming over a body of
water, and jettison it over a fire in less than 1 second. It first flew
October 1969 and is still in use, although it went out of production in
1989. |
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B-25 "Miss Mitchell" (from Minnesota) (USAF WWII)
Made famous in 1942 by the famous Doolittle Raid on
Tokyo, Miss Mitchell made her maiden flight exactly 50
years later on April 16, 1992 and has been attending
airshows and educating adults and youth equally ever
since. |
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WWII Harvard
(RCAF) |
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Chipmunk
(RCAF) |
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Tiger
Moth (RCAF) |
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L19
(RCAF) |
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Kent Pietsch
(Civilian Aerobatics)
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Mohr Barnstorming (Civilian Aerobatics) |
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Pete McLeod Aerosports
(Civilian Aerobatics) |
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Star Raider (Jet Powered Space Vehicle)
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Simulator Ride
(Ground Attraction) |
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Monster Truck Show
(TBC) (Ground Show) |
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AV8FX Pyro
(Ground Show) |
