1800 seconds Chasing Canada's Snowbirds Start
Video from the channel mark miller about Canadair CT-114 Tutor, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:43. Language: English. Video type: Documentary.
Opening of a documentary about the Snowbirds, the Canadian Armed Forces' aerobatic team. It begins with radio communications from a takeoff and moves into testimonials from the pilots. One recalls that, since childhood and later in the military, the Snowbirds were for him the best of the best. Another admits that they push their aircraft to the edge of their flight envelope and that the risk is real, but that the team manages it carefully.
The piece then moves on to the atmosphere of air shows, whose mystique dates back to the barnstorming era. Every year, thousands of people flock to local airfields to watch an aviation they perceive as difficult and mysterious, and for many young people it is a place to dream about what they could become.