Golden Centennaires
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CT-114 Tutor |
The Golden Centennaires were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team that performed in 1967, the Canadian Centennial year. The team was created to celebrate the Canadian Centennial. The eight-plane formation team, commanded by
CT-114 Tutor
, which sported a blue and gold paint scheme.
The Golden Centennaires performed 103 shows in Canada, including the opening and closing ceremonies of
Bahamas.[1][2] The team was disbanded after the last show of the season, but the aircraft were used a few years later to form the Snowbirds
, Canada's current national team.
Accompanying the Golden Centennaires were an
CF-101 Voodoo
. All of these aircraft performed at the Centennial airshows.
References
- Dempsey, Daniel V. A Tradition of Excellence: Canada's Airshow Team Heritage. Victoria, BC: High Flight Enterprises, 2002. ISBN 0-9687817-0-5.
- ISBN 0-9690703-4-9.
