CFR Emergency Extraction Video RCAF Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor

Video from the channel airshowsafety about Canadair CT-114 Tutor, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 13:51. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.

A technician from the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds aerobatic team explains, on a real CT-114 Tutor, the crew rescue procedure for airshow fire services. The briefing is divided into five parts: a walk-around of the aircraft covering danger zones and access points, opening the canopy, stopping the engine, extracting the pilot and removing his personal equipment.

On the nose, the video shows the nickel-cadmium batteries, accessible via quarter-turn latches, and the cockpit instruments with tritium paint. There are two air intakes for a single engine, useful for fighting a fire, and two oxygen bottles with a burst disc. Fuel is held in five bladder tanks, with a maximum of about 1,200 litres, and under the fuselage hang two diesel tanks of about 80 litres each, which feed the white smoke used in displays. On the left side there is an engine access door for fighting fires; the hydraulic flaps and airbrakes, and the exhaust, dangerous up to about 200 feet behind the aircraft, are the areas to avoid.

The canopy opens in four ways: with the electrical switches, with the manual crank, with the canopy ejection system, or by cutting through the plexiglass. Before entering, the ejection seats must be disabled by cutting three cables. The engine is then stopped by pulling the central throttle back past the stop, power is cut, and the oxygen mask, harness, life-raft lanyard and parachute are disconnected.

The video is part of the safety material the Snowbirds provide to the emergency services at the airfields they visit.