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[@cecilboatwright3555]

What a WONDERFUL tribute!!!

[@alantoon5708]

What a wonderful story!

[@SmokeFlame1]

A truly worthwhile tribute to your father. Excellent photos and memories.

[@rumingjiang69]

Excellent!

[@danawalkerley1395]

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.

[@normanpaterson]

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.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Sabre 6 ruled the sky over Europe in the fifties.

[@stevenflattum156]

Thanks for sharing.

[@haroldcoghlan4383]

Wonderful video, thanks for sharing some of your Father with us!

[@balsumfractus]

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.

[@GUISNIP]

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.

[@MovinBandz]

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

[@camerongarner9428]

A great tribute to your father, Ross. What an interesting and exciting flying career he had!

[@Firefox131]

Thank You for sharing this. What a great career!

[@pauljoy7064]

Really enjoyed this. Not my usual fare, respectful and full of love. Thank you.

[@colettegiroux3446]

Great tribute to your father. Quite a career in the RCAF. Impressive.

[@bradenmarc85]

Nicely done.

[@johnandbettycraig1842]

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)

[@rv6ejguy]

I remember my Dad talking about Jack Craig. Thank you for the comment!

[@RPMZ11]

Brilliant...Bless em' all.

[@whitetrashgarage8110]

I saw that aircraft at the 9:05 mark in Abbotsford in August of 2023, I got drawn in by the Snowbirds colour scheme.

[@hechtspeed]

So awesome. Thankyou for sharing this with us :)

[@JohnSmith-ro6vw]

My Dad was RCAF working at Metz. I was born 2 km north of Grostenquin.

[@rogerdevries8883]

Really enjoyed this tribute, thank you.

[@camlebans]

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.

[@rv6ejguy]

Almost for sure. Thanks for commenting.

[@bradnight9806]

Super!

[@daverooneyca]

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. 😀

[@rv6ejguy]

My Dad knew B. Campbell well...

[@rocketplane]

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.

[@rv6ejguy]

He thought the RV had good control harmony but I don't think it compares anywhere close to the F86 for thrills or fun.

[@daverooneyca]

Was that a Martin-Baker MB.5 when you mentioned Reno?

[@rv6ejguy]

It was a replica of the MB.5. Not sure what has become of it.

[@bradjames6748]

The Canadian Sabres had a more powerful orenda engine