Sunday, 5 July 2015

Namao Air Force Base - Air Show

Here are a number of photos from an (early 70's) visit to the Namao Air Force Base. If anyone can give a more exact date please let me know! In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the negatives that the photos came from and see if there is anything on them to give a better date.

Namao was always a fairly low-key place - at least, it wasn't in the news much! If you're looking for information on the base look at this Edmonton Public Library link, or (of course) your friendly neighbourhood Wikipedia entry for CFB Edmonton.

Namao is closed now, but at one time (see the first link) it had the fourth longest runway on earth and was a backup landing location for the Space Shuttle!

CT-114 Canadair Tutor
(Thanks to those who pointed out that it was not a CF-104 Starfighter. More than one reader of this blog!)

CT-114 Canadair Tutor

CF-115 Buffalo


Cockpit of an early Huey (I think) helicopter

CF-130 Hercules

Early Chinook helicopter(?)
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  1. Totty6 July 2015 at 22:35

    That's not a CF-104, it was famously stubby-winged and more sart-like. That looks more like the type of plane the Snowbirds fly (T-38?)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CF-104_Starfighter

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CT-114_Tutor

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    1. Ian T7 July 2015 at 16:16

      You're right...it’s a Canadair Tutor: http://www.warplane.com/vintage-aircraft-collection/aircraft-history.aspx?aircraftId=8

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  2. Brenda Totman26 August 2021 at 15:46

    Wow! I had no idea. Hadn't heard of it until your brothers posted their pics from the air show a few days ago.

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