• Aircraft:

  Canadair CF-116A Freedom Fighter

• Reg: 116707 photos
• Serial #:

  1007

• Airline: Canada - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
• Photo Date: Feb 22, 2019
• Uploaded: Mar 08, 2019
• Other Location - The Military Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Originally ordered as RCAF 14707, re-marked before completion. Initial delivery to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, left Cartierville on 27 October, arrived 29 October 1969. First single seater delivered to Cold Lake. Delivery pilot was Capt. Jake Miller, later to be 434 Squadron solo demo pilot for 1970 to 1974. With No. 434 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1973 and 1977. Stored at CFB Trenton c.1982 to 1985. Back to 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1986. With No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1988 and 1989. Received full Avionic Update Program modifications in early 1990s. In use with Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in August 1994, and in February 1995, one of the last operational CF-5s. Stored at Mountain View by 1996. Seen in storage, inside Hanger 1 at CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005. Transported to Calgary in early 2006, reported destined for a local museum. Publicly unveiled in June 2007, on pedestal at Museum of the Regiments, in Calgary. Still there in 2010. This background information is from rwrwalker.ca

Photographer

Aircraft

Preserved with the 419 Sqd marking

Luc Brousseau 116707

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Photo location

Originally ordered as RCAF 14707, re-marked before completion

Walker Xu 116707

2,241 1 0 Canadair CF-116A Freedom Fighter

Photographer

Walker Xu C-GHPY

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Walker Xu C-GMYU

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Walker Xu TC-LLO

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