Simviation Forum - Buzzing the Flight Line

Aug 12^th, 2011 at 1:46pm

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Good afternoon all...

Buzzing the Flight Line OR How to go from Pilot Officer to Civilian in one easy step... Grin

"Scenic Wonder"...any Landmark Natural or Man Made

I Googled Wonders of the World and there are so many lists now, I can remember when there were only seven I think... Grin

Canadian Forces Base Trenton fits that description and soon to be the largest military airfield on the continent.

Situated on the Bay of Quinte with water access to Lake Ontario and the other Great Lakes CFB Trenton has easy access North, East and West by major highways. Hunting, fishing, water sports, sailing, winter sports are only minutes from the huge base.

Canadian Forces Base Trenton formerly Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton was the home of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program, truly a Wonder Of The World thus making RCAF Station Trenton a "Scenic Wonder" both natural and man made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan

A short part from the above link:
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP; "The Plan"), known in some countries as the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War.[1] BCATP/EATS remains the single largest aviation training program in history and was responsible for training nearly half the pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, air gunners, wireless operators and flight engineers who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the war.[2]

Under a parallel agreement, the Joint Air Training Scheme, South Africa trained 33,347 aircrew for the South African Air Force and other Allied air forces.[3] This number was exceeded only by Canada, which trained 130,000 personnel.[4]

Southern Rhodesia at the time was a British Crown Colony (rather than a Dominion) and was not involved in the negotiation or signing of the BCATP; the Southern Rhodesia Air Force was subsumed by the RAF in 1940. However, Rhodesia provided significant EATS facilities and contributed personnel to British units.

Students from many other countries attended schools under these plans, including Argentina, Belgium, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Fiji, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the United States

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Location: #1 FIS (Flight Instructors School) Trenton
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Buzzing the Flight Line

Comments and Advice most welcome... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 1:59pm

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Beautifull shot! You really are into those yellow planes lately aren't you! Grin

I have to admit, I gave up looking through all those lists too thinking other people would take them up too. I eventually decided to just think of some place, fly there, and take a picture. That's what happened with my submission and that's what happened with all my ones in the leftovers category.

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Reply #2 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:10pm

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Thanks for the comment Club508...much appreciated.

Yellow was the standard Training colour for aircraft during the war and long afterwards.

The picture is based on the British Commonwealth Air Training Program at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton during World War Two so most of the aircraft would have been painted yellow.

A country that is as vast and huge as Canada with more rivers, bays and lakes than all the other nations combined on the planet, yellow made it easier to spot if an aircraft went down for one reason or another.
Try looking for a white aircraft in the winter, almost impossible to spot from the air or ground.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:47pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:10pm:

Thanks for the comment Club508...much appreciated.

Yellow was the standard Training colour for aircraft during the war and long afterwards.

The picture is based on the British Commonwealth Air Training Program at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton during World War Two so most of the aircraft would have been painted yellow.

A country that is as vast and huge as Canada with more rivers, bays and lakes than all the other nations combined on the planet, yellow made it easier to spot if an aircraft went down for one reason or another.
Try looking for a white aircraft in the winter, almost impossible to spot from the air or ground.

That would explain the color! I wonder if the USA should start picking up on that too....
And judging by the fact you're flying one I'm guessing you don't mind parking on the south side anymore! Wink

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Reply #4 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:50pm

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Cool shot.
Ive been to Trenton a few times while in transit to summer camps when I was an Air Cadet.

Also, I live in Red Deer AB. Just a few miles south of here is the Penhold Air Field which was the main Commonwealth air training center in western Canada during the war. At the gates is an old yellow painted Harvard...

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Reply #5 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 4:20pm

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Club508 wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:47pm:

Flying Trucker wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 2:10pm:

Thanks for the comment Club508...much appreciated.

Yellow was the standard Training colour for aircraft during the war and long afterwards.

The picture is based on the British Commonwealth Air Training Program at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton during World War Two so most of the aircraft would have been painted yellow.

A country that is as vast and huge as Canada with more rivers, bays and lakes than all the other nations combined on the planet, yellow made it easier to spot if an aircraft went down for one reason or another.
Try looking for a white aircraft in the winter, almost impossible to spot from the air or ground.

That would explain the color! I wonder if the USA should start picking up on that too....
And judging by the fact you're flying one I'm guessing you don't mind parking on the south side anymore! Wink

Nah!!! Their planes are all in places the shouldn't. Roll Eyes

But otherwise Your shot looks Hotter than Lava Cool

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Reply #6 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 7:23pm