Posted on 05/11/2005 6:35:05 PM PDT by NorthOf45
U.S., Cdn flying teams in Pensacola
Canoe Network ... cnews
May 9, 2005
PENSACOLA, Fla. (CP) - Canada's Snowbirds will join both American military precision flying teams as well as U.S. army and navy parachute squads for a pair of rare joint public appearances Tuesday and Wednesday, weather permitting.
The Blue Angels will host the other teams for practice shows at Pensacola Naval Air Station, where the Navy flight demonstration squadron is based.
The flying is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., which is when the Blue Angels normally conduct public practice sessions, and continue through 1 p.m. both days. Public viewing will be allowed only from a designated area behind the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
The air force's Thunderbirds, headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; the army's Golden Knights Parachute Team from Fort Bragg, N.C., and the navy's Leap Frogs from Coronado Naval Amphibious Base, Calif., also will perform.
The Snowbirds and Golden Knights are scheduled to remain in the Florida Panhandle for shows Saturday and Sunday at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City.
The Canadian team fills the sky with nine CT-114 Tutor training jets. The U.S. jet teams have six planes each, the Blue Angels flying F/A-18 Hornets and the Thunderbirds flying F-16 Fighting Falcons.
The Snowbirds are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year and to date have flown for over 116 million spectators across North America.
They'll be at the Reno Air races in September, too. Sharing the billing with the Thunderbirds.
WooHoo! The Snowbirds are a great team.
Yeah, but Helen sold yours at a garage sale...
The Snowbird may not fly the most whiz-bang of today's jets, but they are DAMN good at what they do!
And as for the RCAF...they occasionally fly CF-18's down to airshows...and those guys can FLY! Tricked-out shows with the best of them.
I have great respect for those fliers!
Great news! I never miss the Reno Air Races.
But what's with those jets? They look like jet technology from the late 1950s.
Tutor Trainers
They aren't fast, but the Snowbirds fly them TIGHT.
There has been talk of switching to CF-18s I believe. It's tradition ... for now ... to fly the Tutors. They WILL have to upgrade eventually though.
You are exactly right. Give the Canucks another five years, and they will go down our way as well.
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