"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

Absolutely amazing!...how did you manage that dud?...they weren't
equipped with the Tutor until 1978.


-Gord.

"You are completely focused on RPM as the
single factor producing rotational velocity"
-Guess who?


Sorry Gordo, you're mistaken. I flew #10 Tutor on June 10th 1975 at the
Reading Air Show while a guest of the team for the weekend. Better check
your dates again. I'm not sure when they got the Tutors, but I can tell
you
for certain that they had them when I made my flight with the team. They
also were using a T33 for support that weekend if this helps you date the
Tutor a bit closer.
Dudley Henriques

Well, it's certainly possible that my source is
incorrect...here's the URL:
http://www.snowbirds.forces.gc.ca/history_e.asp

And here's an excerpt from that URL:
"431 Fighter Squadron formed at RCAF Station Bagotville on 18
January 1954 in order to display the Sabre to the public at
airshows. They were disbanded on 1 October 1954. They were
re-activated on 1 April 1978 as 431 Air Demonstration Squadron,
more commonly known as the Snowbirds, flying the CT-114 Tutor".

So I don't know more than this...it's odd that their official web
site would have an error, unless the Tutor was flown as part of
the Snowbirds while attached to some other unit back then. I
believe that the T-33 (painted solid red) was part of the Golden
Hawks Team (F-86 Sabres - and possibly the Snowbirds Team as
well) and was known as "the Red Knight"

Do you suppose Henriques is a "kook troll"?