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Maryse Carmichael had 1,500 hours on the CT-114 Tutor.
She was an instructor. She was standards qualified.
Then she joined the Snowbirds.
“Now I’m maxed out.”
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The Snowbirds are Canada’s most recognizable aviation organization.
Maryse Carmichael shares her journey to becoming the first female jet demo pilot and flying the CT-114 Tutor with the Snowbirds.
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Why don’t STARS pilots know who they’re saving before they launch?
Troy Clarke explains the most important safety policies at STARS and why emotion can’t be allowed to influence weather decisions.
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What is it like to leave the RCAF, fly for STARS Air Ambulance, and then return to military service?
Captain Troy Clarke shares lessons from instruction, HEMS flying, and 20 years in aviation.
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Captain Troy Clarke shares incredible CH-149 Cormorant SAR stories from Newfoundland, including NVG cliff rescues, Arctic missions, fatigue lessons, and operational pressure in the RCAF.
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The Siskin will essentially be as capable, more economic, and BY FAR the most important metric, FAR SAFER than the Tutor for the Sbowbirds. Extremely sick of seeing politicians who couldn’t care less about military capabilities attempt to make hay over this. #snowbirds #RCAF
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“I could actually hear my eardrum rupture.”
Captain Troy Clarke describes the decompression emergency that ended his fighter pilot career during RCAF training.
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He started flight training one week before 9/11.
Years later, an in-flight emergency ended his jet career.
Captain Troy Clarke’s path to becoming an RCAF pilot wasn’t linear.
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The smoke got so thick it turned day into night.
Slow, almost blind approaches just to find the runway.
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From instructing new pilots to flying in wildfire smoke where day turns into night.
Part 3 with Niels Olson covers a different side of military aviation.
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“The world has already changed.”
RCAF Commander LGen Jamie Speiser-Blanchet on China, Russia, and today’s competition phase.
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Episode 100.
A special guest for a milestone episode - RCAF Commander LGen Jamie Speiser-Blanchet.
We talk modernization, China and Russia, and the future of the Air Force.
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They cut into the boat… and a white cloud exploded out.
That’s when they knew.
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Part 2 with Niels Olson gets into Sea King deployments, ship life, and some memorable moments at sea.
Including one story that confirmed itself pretty quickly.
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No horizon. Night flying. Teaching someone who’s never done it.
“You don’t know which way is up.”
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Not everyone starts with a plan… but not everyone ends up flying off warships either.
From construction jobs to Sea King pilot in the RCAF.
Part 1 covers the early grind and a high-level look at life flying off warships.
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Still in training… and tasked to track Russian submarines.
RCAF aircrew describes being handed a real mission and told to take control.
Full story:
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“Probably more in the tens of feet…”
RCAF crew describes a dangerously close fighter jet intercept - including flares and jet wash.
Full story:
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Aurora pilots break down flight training, Op NEON, and a close fighter jet intercept that made headlines.
Part 1 is live:
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