Aggressor Supporter Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Nice in the cockpit photos. I take it you were a Snowbird pilot back then? Link to post Share on other sites
Rick in Ontario Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) Snowbird Pilots wear a Red flight suit. Techs wear blue suit. My guess he is a Airframe tech In 1991 the Pilot of Snowbird 3 was Capt Marc Robert. Just a crazy Canuck with an answer. :D Edited January 10, 2007 by Rick in Ontario Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Snowbird Pilots wear a Red flight suit. Techs wear blue suit.My guess he is a Airframe tech In 1991 the Pilot of Snowbird 3 was Capt Marc Robert. Just a crazy Canuck with an answer. :D I see. Thanks for the information Rick. Link to post Share on other sites
RotorheadTX Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Nice NOMEX T-shirt!! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Nice NOMEX T-shirt!! :D Yes, thats Marc stripped down to T-shirt, as the Tutor air-con was not that great at low level. Part of our strap-in procedure during a show was to fold the flight suit behind the pilot and in front of the 'chute so after the show he can quickly don it and emerge from the cockpit all dressed up That pic was taken during a cross-country and must have been a low level VFR trip that day Tony,Comox, BC Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thanks, here is shot of the infamous 'Red Smoke ' of 1990. An Airfarame Tech's worst nightmare. Impossible to keep the plane clean and it stayed in clothing for years. Picture taken at dusk from #5 flown by John Low(who is now head of the Comox Airforce Museum). Aircraft 114115 now sits at Comox in the musem's airpark next to the Argus. Link to post Share on other sites
Rick in Ontario Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Tony Would you have all the 114 numbers for each snowbird that yr. I have shots from London that year but no numbers. If you do would like to get them. Rick Link to post Share on other sites
Sean Bratton Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Just like flying with the airlines - carry ons in the overhead bins, please. Nice pics, Tony. Thanks for posting them. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 Tony Would you have all the 114 numbers for each snowbird that yr.I have shots from London that year but no numbers. If you do would like to get them. Rick Rick,Keep in mind that spare aircraft were used for sometimes a 3-4 week period if ones machine was in maintenance and spares could have been used during a show or a photo flight; #1-100 #2-041 #3-037 #4-108 #5-080 #6-115 #7-052 #8-164 #9-046 #10-023 #11-049-fuel tanks and only one seat spares were-075,011,055, and 084-fuel tanks Tony Link to post Share on other sites
Rick in Ontario Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Tony thanks for the info will add it to my data. :) A quick ? what do you mean by fuel tanks for 049 and 084. Rick Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 Tony thanks for the info will add it to my data. A quick ? what do you mean by fuel tanks for 049 and 084. Rick Rick that means that the airplane had external fuel tanks on instead of the diesel smoke tanks. Permitted longer cross-country legs than a non-equipped bird. Only 2 on sqn strength at the time. They are longer than the smoke tanks and had horizontal fins at the rear. The pylons were the same though. On at least one occasion, a tanker had to fly in the show, in the #4 or #5 position due to the lack of smoke capability All Tutors were plumbed for external fuel tanks and a certain percentage were equipped with tanks and on the line at the 'Big 2' in Moose Jaw. The smoke piping was installed at Northwest Industries in Edmonton and only specific to the 13 planes on sqn strength. Here is a pic of a 13 plane formation-coming home from Abbotsford '91. It is not PhotoShop, See if you can pick out the "tankers" Link to post Share on other sites
Rick in Ontario Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Tony Still trying to find the tankers in that picture. :D Here are some pics of some of the old Snowbird tudors at Base Borden I took July 2006 Rick Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Here are some pics of some of the old Snowbird tudors at Base Borden I took July 2006Rick Whoa.....what happened to it? Looked like something bit half of the plane off. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 Tony Still trying to find the tankers in that picture. Rick, look at the rear 4-plane and the center two aircraft there. They are the 'tankers' and you can just make out the rear fins on the tanks. During a show you may never tell the difference except for the lack of smoke. BelcherBits 1/48 scale resin kit I did represents the Tanker from 1989. Link to post Share on other sites
Rick in Ontario Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 (edited) Here is a wingless tudor that was in a hanger last july. All it has is a Capt Ken Carr on the canopy. Tony would you change the # of the a/c for that show or would they go up with there regular # Edited January 13, 2007 by Rick in Ontario Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Neat Rick, I have those same photos from that day in Borden. Prob even saw you. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 Here is a wingless tudor that was in a hanger last july.All it has is a Capt Ken Carr on the canopy. Tony would you change the # of the a/c for that show or would they go up with there regular # If is was during the start-up for a show, no numbers got changed. Pilots just quickly swapped airplanes. But I remember changing rudders with the spare once because of a photoflight scheduled that day. This postcard with the team in echelon right over the mountains was the result of that flight. It was easy enough to renumber the airplanes and when we received a spare or other airplane on the road We had the stencils and black spray paint to carry it out. A little MEK and the numbers come off. That day it was easy enough to swap rudders. Link to post Share on other sites
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