A tribute to my father's aviation career in the RCAF 1948-1975, corporate career and flying after retirement.
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@SmokeFlame1 Жыл бұрын
A truly worthwhile tribute to your father. Excellent photos and memories.
@cecilboatwright35559 ай бұрын
What a WONDERFUL tribute!!!
@alantoon5708 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful story!
@JohnSmith-ro6vwАй бұрын
My Dad was RCAF working at Metz. I was born 2 km north of Grostenquin.
@danawalkerley1395 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. He probably knew some of my family. Many many members in the RCAF, pilots, navs, ground crew. Your dad was in before most of my family. I have some sketches of CF-100s hanging on the wall now.
@normanpaterson2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, my father fought in the RCAF Bomber Command in WW2, he never liked to talk about his experiences, stayed in the RCAF for over 30 years, had over 30,000 hours, then ran the United Way in Wpg.
@rumingjiang699 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@stevenflattum1562 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@camerongarner94283 жыл бұрын
A great tribute to your father, Ross. What an interesting and exciting flying career he had!
@GUISNIP2 жыл бұрын
Just a phenomenal tribute to your dad. I don't fly myself, but love old planes and stories of fliers. Thank you for sharing this.
@haroldcoghlan43832 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, thanks for sharing some of your Father with us!
@balsumfractus2 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary of your father's career! My Father in law had a similar, but shorter path through the RCAF including surviving a midair collision. He left the forces in the early fifties for a different career in the family shipping business.
@spitfirenutspitfirenut48359 ай бұрын
Sabre 6 ruled the sky over Europe in the fifties.
@MovinBandz2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in trenton Ontario watching cf-5 and voodoos flying over my house all the time I remember when Canada got the cf-18 and the first time I saw it, great video by the way
@RPMZ119 ай бұрын
Brilliant...Bless em' all.
@Firefox1312 жыл бұрын
Thank You for sharing this. What a great career!
@colettegiroux34463 ай бұрын
Great tribute to your father. Quite a career in the RCAF. Impressive.
@pauljoy70642 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this. Not my usual fare, respectful and full of love. Thank you.
@bradenmarc852 жыл бұрын
Nicely done.
@bradnight98062 жыл бұрын
Super!
@johnandbettycraig18422 жыл бұрын
A great tribute. He and my Dad were flying friends on the Sabre, Jack Craig at 1 Wing ('57 to '61) and Chatham ('61 to '65)
@rv6ejguy2 жыл бұрын
I remember my Dad talking about Jack Craig. Thank you for the comment!
@rogerdevries88833 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this tribute, thank you.
@whitetrashgarage81106 ай бұрын
I saw that aircraft at the 9:05 mark in Abbotsford in August of 2023, I got drawn in by the Snowbirds colour scheme.
@hechtspeed3 жыл бұрын
So awesome. Thankyou for sharing this with us :)
@daverooneyca3 жыл бұрын
My Dad joined the RCAF in 1952, I believe, along with a good friend of his. Another friend, Bordie Campbell, joined the year before, as well Bob Morton a couple of years after. Both of them made Major General. The friend he joined with, John Emon, was sadly killed in a CF-101 mid-air in 1968. Dad, though, left the RCAF just before jet training and led a significantly less risky life in the insurance industry. 😀
@rv6ejguy3 жыл бұрын
My Dad knew B. Campbell well...
@camlebans2 жыл бұрын
Your Father may have crossed paths with my Father . My Dad was in the Golden Hawks and was a Harvard Instructor based in Chatham and Trenton.
@rv6ejguy2 жыл бұрын
Almost for sure. Thanks for commenting.
@rocketplane88623 жыл бұрын
What a great tribute to your dad. I know that adage is that you fly whatever you can get your hands on, but I'm curious after all of the various airplanes he'd flown what your dad's opinion of the RV-6 was.
@rv6ejguy3 жыл бұрын
He thought the RV had good control harmony but I don't think it compares anywhere close to the F86 for thrills or fun.
@daverooneyca3 жыл бұрын
Was that a Martin-Baker MB.5 when you mentioned Reno?
@rv6ejguy3 жыл бұрын
It was a replica of the MB.5. Not sure what has become of it.
@bradjames67482 жыл бұрын
The Canadian Sabres had a more powerful orenda engine