George Kirbyson looked very much at home in the cockpit of the CF-104 Starfighter at the Canadian Museum of Flight at the Langley Airport.

On Monday, April 1, the museum celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Kirbyson, a White Rock resident, was among several veterans who attended.

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91裸聊视频淚f I get the engines started, I91裸聊视频檓 sure I could fly it.91裸聊视频�

Kirbyson explained the jet on display at the museum was a 91裸聊视频渄ual,91裸聊视频� a two-seater model for training, not quite identical to the single-seat supersonic fighter he spent 1200 hours flying in Europe during the Cold War era.

91裸聊视频淚t was a dream to fly and the job that we were doing with it was even more fantastic,91裸聊视频� Kirbyson recalled.

91裸聊视频淚t was all low level, doing photo reconnaissance. We flew all over Europe.91裸聊视频�

100 years ago, to the day, the RCAF was born.

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The museum marked the anniversary with a display of historic aircraft, cockpit tours, a salute by local air cadets to veterans, and a special reception for former military pilots.

One of those veterans was featured speaker George Miller, who managed the Langley Airport for 21 years.

Miller said he grew up in the RCAF, joining as soon as he turned 18.

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Miller started out flying the F-86 Sabre, calling it 91裸聊视频渁 bulwark aircraft of the Cold War.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 had three tours on the F-86 Sabre and then went on to fly the Starfighter which took its place, [and it flew] twice the speed of sound. The F-86 was was supersonic as well, but the Starfighter was [often called] a missile with a man in it.91裸聊视频�

Fellow RCAF fighter pilot Al French, a director of the museum, joined the RCAF in 1965 when he was 17.

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He went on to pilot training and was selected to be a fighter pilot, spending six years flying Starfighters in Germany and Cold Lake, Alberta.

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French and Miller have known each other about 60 years, going back to when Miller had a tower built in the Mediterranean to teach RCAF pilots how to survive parachuting into the water.

91裸聊视频淭hey would drag us behind the speed boat as if we landed in the ocean in the high wind and we had to extricate ourselves,91裸聊视频� French recalled.

At least, the water was warm, French said, preferable to where they run the school today, 91裸聊视频渋n the icy waters of Georgia Strait.91裸聊视频�

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