TheReview Wednesday, August 7,1991. — A5

" PRECISION FLYING is the Thorss a enena

trademark of the Snow- who can help you
birds, as they demon- with every move
strated during Monday's you make.

Victoria Airshow. The nine-
plane team is led by com-
manding officer Maj. Bob -
Stephan, who flew the
opposing/lead solo posi-
tion in 1983-84 and lead
solo in 1989-90 before tak-
ing command this sea-
son. GLENN WERKMAN photo

j A HUGE CROWD (below) =
Tutor only trip for pilot Wattis estimated at between | Te ANE a
Ever since he saw the Canadian Forces Snowbirds perform in 1983, 30,000 and 35,000 took in - eee DAVIDSEN
. | gg Cpt. Bill Watts wanted to be a part of the popular squadron. the Victoria Airshow Mon- elu’. 652-5171
It took eight long years to reach his goal. day, They were thrilled by INTERIOR DESIGN a
This year he was selected for a two-year stint with the nine-plane,- stunt planes, gliders, air | RESIDENTIAL SOIEAOINL NRS Peninsula
precision-aerobatic team following a tryout last winter, force jets, a water 7174 West Saanich Rd., Brentwood Bay Properties
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a Snowbird pilot, Watts said before the Victoria Airshow, recalling the birds. GLENN WERKMAN photo = = a
1983 airshow near his hometown of Alexandria, Ont.

~ You have to be the right type of person. It’s really challenging.”

Watts flies Snowbird 6, in the outer right wing position. He is most
often at the back or right-hand edge of a formation.

He flies a Canadair CT-114 Tutor, a trainer jet used by the Canadian
Forces as its basic training aircraft. Top speed, with smoke tanks added,
is 750 km-h. | :

For each pilot, there is a ground crewman. Cpl. Rick Macnab keeps
the machinery running smoothly for Snowbird 6.

The Snowbirds, officially called 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, invites you to
will perform in about 65 airshows from late April to mid-October. They

will be on the road, so to speak, all across Canada and the United States. Dine & Dance Under the Stars
Snowbird pilots serve a two-year term, with four out of eight changing

with our

every year. This season, Watts was trained by the outer left wing. This
: winter, he will train the new outer left wing. : H, AZZ ON TRE DOCKS”
| The two years go fast. Complacency never sets in, despite repeating :
q maneuvers Over and over. Friday - Saturday - Sunday, August 9-1 1
____ You have to be motivated to do what we do,” said Watts, a 1986 on our Licensed Patio

mechanical engineering graduate of Ottawa’s Carleton University. :

At the Snowbirds’ home base in Moose Jaw, Sask., Watts earned his —— featuring:

wings in 1987 and then became an instructor on the Tutor jet. | a unique blend of early Jazz
“It’s the only aircraft I have flown,” he said. THE LOOSE GYPS IES in the tradition of Louis Armstrong
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