Primary Flying School - CFB Portage La Prairie
the musketeer
“A” Flight
Front Row: Denis Grenier, Claude Wauthier, Jim Sullivan, Serge “Chico” Chicoine, Francois Petit, Roger Roy, Michel Cote, Jean Neron, “Boogie” Fortin, Mark Desjardins, Kevin McCarthy
Back Row: Dave Loveridge, Tom Dressel, Tom Lawson, Ken Glass, Chuck Attwood, “Dr Ray” Mackley, Dave “Farley” Mowat, Scotty “Tree Trunk” Allward
“B” Flight
Back Row|: Bryon Target, Claude Cormier, Glen Mackay, Doug Gillespie, Jean Letourneau, Marcel Allard, Steve Mozes
Front Row: Luc Maurice, Glen Houston, Jim Grecco, Dwight Davies, Dave Pullan, Syl Fortier, Richard Parent, Dan Cameron, John Dixon, Jim McNaughton, Lutz Sukstorf
Front Row: XXX; XXX; Randy Meiklejohn; XXX; XXX; Pete Harrison; Al Stewart; Ron Wilzewski and Jim Manton
Back Row: jake jacobson; Barry Klein; jim dobenko; Tom Keogh (?); Gord Sheasby; XXX; Lee Lamont and Rob Slinger
Front Row: Marc van der Schueren; Claus Gorgichuk; keith mcgee (civvy u); ty pile; ulrich jaggi; Mike Campbell; Guy Simard; alf enman (UTPM)
Back Row: Bill Schick; denis caty (?); Al Stephenson; XXX; XXX; XXX;XXX; XXX:xxx; tom sweeney (class of 80)
Survival Training (Land) at CFB Edmonton
Back Row: Luc Maurice, TBC, Glen Mackay, Claude Cormier, Barry Klein, Mike Campbell, Randy Meiklejohn, Rob Slinger, Capt Foster
Front Row: TBC, TBC, Sylvain Faucher, Richard Parent, Tom Dressel, John Dixon, Michel Cote (?), Dave Mowat
BACK Row: Ray macklay (?); dave loveridge; scott allward; xxx; bryon target; lee lamont; xxx; xxx; xxx; xxx
middle row: kevin Mcarthy; xxx; pete harrison (?); marc de van de schuren (?); xxx, guy simard; xxx; xxx; xxx; xxx; xxx
front row; jim sullivan; tom lawson; xxx; xxx; xxx; xxx; xxx;
tom and Farley on the four man phase with the parachute hootchie and a fish net being made of paracord (photo from john dixon’s collection)
Sea Survival Training at CFB Comox/Quadra
after ejecting and landing in the water, there is a serious risk of drowning because the pilot can be dragged upside down by the chute blown by the wind or else can get stuck under the wet parachute itself. This structure at the back of the boat dropped the student in to the water while the boat was moving at a relatively high speed. to survive, the students had to roll on to their back, splay their feet to stay above water and release themselves from the harness.
To practice ejections over water, students were required to PARASAIL in full gear and once at 100 feet or so release the chute from the tow and descend in to the water. part of the exercise was to learn how to get out from underneath the parachute (follow seams). an unintentional result of the exercise was a change to the sop because Originally the instruction was to hit the quick release button just above the water. however depth perception over water is poor so some students had released way too early and slammed in to the water.
Air Operations Branch Orientation (AOBO)
while visiting cfb cold lake, this northrup f-18L was at the aerospace engineering test establishment (aete), well before the cf-18 was chosen as the nfa (new fighter aircraft). however they added cf decals, eg, cf-18l prototype, canadian flag, aircraft number, roundel etc to make it look better to the audience. the govt eventually purchased the mcdonnell-douglas f/a-18 variant.
Wings Parade - CFB Moose Jaw - 1980
FRONt row: barry klein; jim manton; jim dobenko (civvy u); al stephenson; capt nick rapagna; bcomd col van ek; bgen stewart; lcol gerry morrison, cmdt 2cffts; Tom lawson; tom dressel; ron wilzewski; and xxx
back row: gary bruce; dave pullan; marc de van der schueren; john dixon; keith mcgee; jim sullivan; ian percy; capt soule (cross-trainee from nav); kevin mccarthy; mike campbell; al stewart; and rob slinger
… And Some Bonus Coverage - Primary Helicopter Training Course - May 1980 and Tactical Artillery Observer Course 1981
back row xxx, xxx, xxx, Pete harrison, xxx, scott allward. front row (l to r). David loveridge, randy meiklejohn, xxx, guy simard; and al mcleod
david loveridge second from the last in the back row and pete harrison in the middle row (with the beard, eg, my son - the only one in step)