The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1960-09-15, Page 6AT CENTRALIA
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"The RCAF's Golden Hawks A Centralia officer, F'0 the box formation with two
Ai,rob*tic team which lest year MacDonald, is the announcer for wingmen performing a PO de-
aircraft; the team. , gree re.1 w s• . .. „
eilOn the ecelaim of lightens of 9rth Americans, will perform
again this Saturday diming the
..ten Force Day show at RCAF
centralia.
One of the few Canadian .aero-
batic teams to perform on a na-
tten-wide basis, t h e Golden
Rendes were created last year
and took part in celebrations
marking the RCAF'e 35th Birth-
day and the en Anniversary of
:Powered Flight in Canada. Dur-
ing the year they put on 6.1 de-
monstrations of formation and
Eno aerobatics.
Except for one newcomer, the
beam will be the same as last
year. Leading the Hawks will be
Squadron Leader Fern Ville-
neuve of Ottawa, with Flight
The pilots of the team are se - does a ISO degree roll and the •
leeted, from RCAF flying Inetrue. leader .continues straight up. At '
tors after careful screening. All this point the aircraft are climb-
are seasoned pilots, whose ag.„ inn straight np• with the under- I
gregate flying time totals over side of each aircraft turned to- '
20.000 hours... enough time in ward the centre Of the forma.' re. ..tion. On the signal from the a Sabre jet to have made V
turn trips to the moon. leader, the aircraft loop back
Their graceful. precision man- """' When dewed from the ground, this matoeuvre gives
oeuvere are 'carried out at high the imereseion of a four-pointed sneed in Sabre jets painted gold
with reel and white hawks em bomb burst,
blazoned on the fuselages. The CROSS-OVER
20-minute show includes a se- Is a continuation of the bomb-
Vence of loops, rolls, cross-, shell manoeuvre where each Aire!
overs, hombor et s, "Cuban- craft continues its backward
eights" and "rhubarbs," all of loop and levels out a few hurl-
which are standard manotuvers dred feet above the ground, At
for RCAF fighter pilots, hut are this time the four aircraft are
carried out in tight formation by converging on a central point'
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Lieutenants Jim McCombe of the Golden Hawks. from the four cardinal potets of
Fredericton, N.B., and Ed Rea.; During the show, each pilot, the cattiness, and travelling at
daba of Bienfait, Sask.. as wing- fastens his eyes on the jet he is speeds of more than 600 miles,
seri, and Flying Officer Bill sic- to follow in and out of the intrin en hour. At the point •of inter-
wart of Dalhousie, N.B.. in the sate formation patterns. All section the aircraft pass appro-I
slot position. Flight Lieetenents" problems of signalling and net- ximately 50- feet above one an-,
Ralph Annis of McAdam, N.D.,, tern techniques are rehearsed other.
fill the etandby position. nance crew= has been s
for the servicing and maintene: Th e st ory in
—iance of the eight Sabre jets as-!
I. Comments about signed to the team. The air-
;
train and stress during the
aerobatics than they would nor- ' gy MRS. WILLIAM DICKEY
- many undergo, and it takes a
Ily MRS, KEN MaKELLAR. , crack maintenance team to keep — ' '' " nr..:::---',:3''•'' `;:"'7:1
pr===:,...n.,..,7,:„.zi ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, them in top operatiOnal forme Mr.and Mrs. La Verne Rodd
' ' , and on schedule far each show..
Personal items
, The Golden. Hawks acrobatic and family were Sunday visitors
Mr.. Ross me pnati left on Wed., team have proven by their skill with Mrs. Edgar Rodd in Exe-
and showmanship that they are ter. aesday from Crumlin Airport for , able to take their place with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Masnica Edmonton to attend General ease along side such world fa Council of the United Church as mous teams as the Thunderbirds and Mr. and Mrs. Don Masnica
t commissioner from Perth Pres- and Blue Angels of the United of near Creditors and Mrs. Wil-
bytery. States Air Force and the Black liam Dickey were visitors on.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace, , Knights of the Royal Air Force. Sun d a y
Debbie and Margaret Ann vie- with Mr. William Die- Debbie
on Sunday with Mr. and ,
Airs. Frank Cadick, Sarnia. IP
Miss Dianne Dale of London
spent the weekend with Miss
Alice Sorsdahl. , .
Mr. and Mre. George Wallace manoeuvres
visited. on Sunday with Mr. and!
Afrs. Wilbur Miller.
AIR FORCE DAY FEATURE—LAG P. Ernie and LAC P. Gordon inspect a six-man
raft that will be part of an extensive display at the Centralia-Clinton Air Force Day
this Saturday. Headliners for the program, expected to attract 15,000 from South-
western Ontario, are the Golden Hawks, RCAF's famous aerobatic team,—RCAF photo
and John Price of 1Cnovidion.! and double - checked on the .
vedll perform the solo manoevres ground before the actual flight FOUR POINT ROLL
ev,hile the newcomer, Flight Lieu is made. t is basically a roll except that
tenant Dave Tinsen of Toronto, I A unique 55-member mainte- .e.
ele ted:
Cromarty
¤craft are subjected to greater
• Sunshine
LINE ASTERN
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. Wood and; A formation where the
daughter Rosemary of Oshawa craft are strung out in a.
visited during the weekend with behind the leader.
Mrs. Wood's mother, Airs. Edna ; CARO FORMATION
Christian at the home of Mrs. E., I A formation where the air. Moore• craft are arranged in a position
-Miss Alice Sorsd.ahl returned,' similar to the spots on a play-
to London on Sunday after holi.!
daYing at her home for two i ing card'
weeks. I BOX FORMATION
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Falconer! A formation shaped like
est A.ppin visited oe Monday with diamond or box.'
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gardiner., BOMBSHELL Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rolaton and
family of St. Mary were Sunday. A manoeuvre during which
visitors at the same home. 1 , the aircraft climb vertically in
List Hawks
"Waiter, what's wrong with
these eggs?"
"I couldn't say, sir; I only led
the table."
air-
line It's easy to put a Classified
a
key who is a patient in le est-
Minster Hospital in London.
Sometimes referred to as the
Victory Roll, it is another ex-
pression born of the Second
world War. Returning fighter
" pilots used to streak across the
home base and put their air-
craft in a straight climb, rolling
all the way up, to announce their
victory to the rest of the squa-
dron,
CUBAN EIGHT
Is a figure eight mantouvre
Ad in The T-A. Just Phone 770, incorporating loops and rolls.
FORC,E
the pilot holds his aircraft mo-
mentarily on each 90 degrees of
the 560 degree roll.
RHUBARB
Is a Second World War term
coined by pilots flying low level
fighter strikes. These pilots
found that the best way to shake
the Messerscbmidts and Focke-
Wulfs from their tails was to
bank left or right by rolling tin-
der rather than over. The pat-
tern flown resembles a giant
cork-screw.
UPWARD CHARLIE
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