aerofan Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hey guys thought you might like to view this National Film Board of Canada's 1956 film called "Canada's Air Defence". There's CF-100 Mk.5's, Valiant and Canberra. Film is from 1956 so some of the dialog is kinda hokie by today's standards. Fun to watch and learn from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
is it windy yet? Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 That was pretty cool. Canadian film industry at work. I feel like watching the forest rangers now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CF104 Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hey guys thought you might like to view this National Film Board of Canada's 1956 film called "Canada's Air Defence". There's CF-100 Mk.5's, Valiant and Canberra. Film is from 1956 so some of the dialog is kinda hokie by today's standards. Fun to watch and learn from. The halcyon days of the RCAF. Back then we had one of the greatest air forces in the world. In addition to the CF-100 Mk.5's there are several Mk4 and Mk.4B's in the film as well. Cheers, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aerofan Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 The halcyon days of the RCAF. Back then we had one of the greatest air forces in the world. In addition to the CF-100 Mk.5's there are several Mk4 and Mk.4B's in the film as well. Cheers, John Yeah, the ones in the Cold Lake scenes. Did you also see the T-33 in front of the maintenance hangar? I like that they showed the radar oeperators scope with the lock on. It was described to me by a former co-worker who worked on the CF-100 avionics during those days but I couldn't relate to it. However, after seeing this film, I now understand what he was talking about. The cool thing is when we talked about the CF-100, he got the Hobbycraft 1/48 CF-100 Mk.4 and I painted and built the cockpit for him. When he finished, he brought it in and it looked great all done. Unfortunately, the company we worked for shutdown and moved operations until it finally end up in China and with the company name no longer in the world. No it's not Avro Canada but a giant in Canadian industry until about 2006. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-M Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 That was absolutely brilliant, thanks very much for posting. Cheers Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Saguanay Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 There was a Canberra and a Valiant from the RAF as the intercept targets? Always loved hearing the radio chatter between the scrambling units and ATC / Intercept Controllers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
centuaryseries Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Très cool! For the benefit of those who haven’t been to Cold Lake-the fishing is good and the Mosquitoes are indeed large ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Neat video. Very enjoyable to watch. A trip down memory lane. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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