Snowbirds returning to 19 Wing Comox for spring training
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The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are coming back to Comox.
They will be doing their annual spring training at 19 Wing Comox from May 4th to 26.
During this period, the Department of National Defence (DND) says that you can expect to see jet aircraft in the vicinity and that there might be associated jet noise.
“These training flights are carefully planned and closely controlled to ensure public safety at all times and are subject to weather and operational requirements,” DND said in a release.
“While the team is thrilled to return to a community that welcomes them so warmly, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic they request that members of the public follow the public health measures recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Health and do not come to 19 Wing Comox to watch the team practise.”
Last Flight of the Silver Stars
Last Flight of the Silver Stars
By Jim Bates
On a crisp, but CAVU, Friday morning in December the last two working Canadair Silver Stars in the United States conducted their final “official” flight before retirement. (The National Research Council Canada (NRC) still operates Canadair built T-33 C-FSKH for various flight test programs.) The flight, done to commemorate the Silver Star’s long careers with Boeing, departed Boeing Field on December 4, 2020, to make a formation fly-past of Paine Field before returning back to Boeing Field.
Boeing started operating the Canadian built CL-30 Silver Star in 1976, mostly for sensor and missile guidance testing, but more recently the aircraft were used as chase planes for airliner test-flights. The two T-33s which appear in the background of many flight test photos of the 767, 777, and 787, were later supplemented in flight test operations by two supersonic Northrop T-38 Talons. Unfortunately, al