Canada's Air Force, Aircraft: Slingsby T-67 Firefly (original) (raw)

Commonly known as "the Slingsby," this Aircraft has replaced the Musketeer as the Air Force's ab initio pilot trainer . These Aircraft do not actually belong to the military, but rather by a consortium led by Canadair (note Canadair logo on the side of the fuselage as well as the Bombardier insignia on the tail); accordingly, the instructors are civilian employees of the contractor. The landscape in this shot should be familiar to many military-trained pilots, as the Southport, Manitoba training area was known as CFB Portage la Prairie during the time when the military trained its own pilots there.
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