SNOWBIRDS call home Canadian Forces Base, 15 Wing, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The above coordinates are bogus. Below are some questions that if answered correctly will direct you to the Snowbirds cache location. Once answered you may use the link below to confirm the answers given are correct. Then you can go and search out the cache. Good luck...
1. On what date did the Snowbirds, who first performed in July of 1971, finally get established as a permanent squadron??
a) 10 September 1977. (6)
a) 1 April, 1978. (9)
a) 12 August 1979. (3)
2. The official Canadian Forces title of the Snowbirds is??
b) 443 Canadian Aerobatics Squadron. (4)
b) 324 Canadian Air Demonstration Squadron. (6)
b) 431 Air Demonstration Squadron. (2)
3. What flying group was to become the seed for the Snowbirds that flew in 1967 to commemorate Canada's centennial year.
c) Golden Centennaires. (3)
c) Golden Geese. (1)
c) Golden Hawks. (2)
4. The Snowbirds have flown the CT-114 Tutor jet since, what year? The aircraft was designed and built in Canada and was used by the Canadian Forces as its basic pilot training aircraft until 2000.
d) 1971. (0)
d) 1970. (9)
d) 1969. (1)
5. What is the Snowbirds Canadair CT-114 Tutor wingspan??
e) 10.75m. (1)
e) 10.87m. (3)
e) 11.12m. (2)
6. The Snowbirds Squadron consists of approximately, how many Canadian Forces personnel, including 24 of whom comprise the show team??
f) 100. (5)
f) 90. (3)
f) 80. (9)
7. The actual number of shows flown by the Snowbirds varies slightly each year. On average how many air shows do the Snowbirds fly each year??
g) 80. (5)
g) 70. (4)
g) 60. (6)
8.The Snowbirds got their name by a "Name the Team" contest which was held at the local base elementary school in June of 1971. What was the name of the Grade 6 student that was the winner??
h) Dana Flowers. (9)
h) Erne Forger. (8)
h) Doug Farmer. (7)
9. The distance between each Snowbird jet in many of the formations is about how many meters apart??
i) 1.2 meters. (2)
i) 0.8 meters. (1)
i) 1.5 meters. (0)
10. When the two solo aircraft perform their head-on passes, how fast are they flying and how close do they get to one another?
j) About 700 km/hr and 13 meters apart. (2)
j) Close to 600 km/hr and 10 meters apart. (3)
j) Near 800 km/hr and 17 meters apart. (4)
11. Are the Snowbirds at their homebase today? (You can answer this in your log)
N 50° ed.cba
W 105° ji.hgf
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