An illustrated history of all the colour schemes and marking variations, 1971 - 2021Commemorating the 50th Anniversary
of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds,By Gary Siddall, |
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Released in February 2022, this 28-page, A4-size full colour softback booklet was created to celebrate the Snowbirds 50th birthday.The history of the Snowbirds has been covered in depth in a number of excellent books and other media over the years. They provide invaluable records of events, personnel, displays and the role of the team, etc. - but for modellers, historians, aircraft enthusiasts and the like, they have not completely detailed the Snowbirds aircraft and their colour schemes. This publication attempts to address that. This “evolution” begins back in 1967 with the Golden Centennaires - as part of the rich heritage of RCAF and Canadian Forces display teams, they must be included as the direct ancestors of the Snowbirds. It then goes on to illustrate and detail many of the systems and all of the often subtle changes in the markings on the teams’ aircraft over the last 50 years. All of the illustrations are based on actual photographic evidence, but as many photos may be small, low quality or simply not taken from the right angle, illustrations were composed - often from multiple sources - to show things more clearly. This book is dedicated to all Snowbirds, past, present and future - especially those who are no longer with us. To obtain your copy of this "bookazine", please contact the distributor appropriate to you, below :- For sales in Canada / North America :The Hobby Centre +1 613-288-1299 For sales in Europe :The Aviation Megastore +31 (0) 20 4460611 For sales in the UK and the Rest of the World :BookWorld / Avid Reader +44 (0)1299 823330 |