Following the operational pause on the fleet of CT-114 Tutor gets and the F-86 Sabre, all of which are equipped with the same ejection seat system, Hawk One finally flew again at the St. Thomas Air Show in southern Ontario. Paul Kissmann, Hawk One Deputy Team Lead, performed his first aerial demonstration since the season …
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for: ‘June, 2009’
Operational pause lifted
Photo: Janet Trost The much anticipated air demonstration of the CF Snowbirds and Hawk One Sabre since the operational pause was first implemented finally took place 21 June at the St. Thomas Air Show. Paul Kissmann, Deputy Team Lead, flew the Sabre at his first air show since the season began having missed Bagotville, Que …
Jets buzz city — VIDEO
By DAVE DALE THE NUGGET Reprinted from the North Bay Nugget Heritage jets buzzed North Bay Thursday morning before joining a Snowbird on the Jack Garland Airport tarmac. The Canadair F-86 Sabre 5, a Cold War fighter jet, and a Tutor painted in honour of the Golden Centennaire Tutors of 1967 circled over the city …
Aircraft with ejection seat system used by Canadian Forces placed on operational pause / Pause opérationnelle pour des appareils des Forces canadiennes équipés d’un des systèmes de siège d’éjection
June 13, 2009 OTTAWA – Aircraft equipped with an ejection seat system used by some Canadian Forces aircraft have been placed on operational pause and have temporarily ceased all flying operations, following a technical problem with the system. The operational pause affects all 25 CT-114 Tutors in the Air Force fleet (including the Golden Centennaire), …
A Golden Moment; A Centennial Year
Photo: 410 Sqn, 4 Wing Cold Lake, AB By Mary Lee, Hawk One PAO It was a long time coming and when it finally did happen it was golden. Golden are the colours of three commemorative jets for this year’s celebrations of Centennial of Flight. And on Sunday, 7 June, spectators cheered as the three-ship …
Hawk One looks in the mirror
Photo: Parr Yonemoto Photography On Wednesday June 3, Hawk One paid a visit to the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Mount Hope, Ontario and had a chance to look in the mirror at another Golden Hawk… a Canadair Sabre 6 on loan from the Canada Aviation Museum that served with the Golden Hawks from March through …
A Golden Transformation
Have a look at some great time lapse video of the work that was done on Hawk One last fall by Jim Belliveau and the team in Cold Lake… the video is in 4 stages… what music do you think would be appropriate? Flight of the Golden Bumblebee perhaps? Click here for Stage 1 Click …
Canadair F-86 Sabre 5 Fly-Past to Commemorate 22 Wing Commanders
CFB NORTH BAY – On 2 June 2009, Colonel M.P. Galvin will relinquish command of 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base (CFB) North Bay and the Canadian Air Defence Sector (CADS) to Colonel J.R.F. Malo. Major (retired) Tim Leslie, originally from Baysville Ontario, will conduct a fly-past during the upcoming Change of Command Ceremony. North Bayites wanting …