People Gallery - Page 5

Cpl Frank Leggett, a technician at 8 AMS "checks the oil" on an engine of a CC-130 Hercules at 8 Wing Trenton. Cpl Leggett and other first-line maintenance technicians will become members of Aircraft Ownership Teams (AOT) this year. Each of the teams will be responsible for first-line maintenance of "their own" four Hercules Aircraft.
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MCpl Bill Clouter, a Search and Rescue Technician from 19 Wing Comox, peers out the window of a 442 Squadron Buffalo during a search. Spotters like Clouter work in 20 to 30 minute shifts to prevent eye fatigue.
Photo credit: Images by Cpl Joseph Morin 19 Wing Comox.

CF-18 pilot Capt (now Maj) Frank Mercier of 3 Wing Bagotville's 433 ETAC gets help "strapping-in" and his G-suit connected. Capt Mercier is about to leave on a long range air-to-air refuelling trip.You can never have enough "juice", he says.
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Major Mickey Colton, a CC-130 Hercules pilot, has logged close to 5,000 hours on the C-130 Hercules - only one of three female "Herc" pilots to reach the 5,000 hour milestone.
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Canadian astronaut and CF-18 pilot Col Chris Hadfield looks to the stars during training aboard one of NASA's shuttle simulators.
Photo: Master Corporal Ken Allen

Cpl Lyn Hupman, an Aerospace Telecommunication Information Systems Technician works on equipment at 8 Wing Trenton's Telecom Engineering Support Squadron. "We're essentially trouble shooters," says Hupman.
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