Greetings all.
I'm new a new forum member; I was an Airforce brat from 1976-1991.
(Trenton, Borden, Masset, Gagetown, Trenton, Esquimalt)
I have a few questions for any ex-airforce people around here from 1970's. In particular, I'm interested to know any information anyone may have about some training flights from CFB Trenton. The name of the exercise was 700 Med A. The Aircraft was a CC-137 (I believe it was 13701), It was a flight around the world, with the following stops:
Trenton - Vancouver
Vancouver - Hawaii
Hawaii - Fiji
Fiji - Sydney
Sydney - KL Malaysia
KL - Bangkok
Bangkok - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Darussalam Pakistan
Darussalam - Nairobi
Nairobi - Accra (Ghana)
Accra - Las Palmas
Las Palmas - Trenton
According to his non-pilot flight log, the departure date was March 26, 1976. Log book indicates 62.3 hours total flight time. I suspect this flight was done over the course of a few weeks or a month.
In the past 10 years or so, I have become addicted to flight simulation, and have performed this same flight on 3 separate ocassions, but now I'd like to know a few more of the whys and wherefores of this particular exercise. Unfortunately, my dear step-dad is no longer with us, so I can't ask him.
Anyone with info please respond, whether here, or to my personal email if need be.
Thanks everyone!
Scott Bennett
Victoria, BC
Email: lonemonk@shaw.ca
I'm new a new forum member; I was an Airforce brat from 1976-1991.
(Trenton, Borden, Masset, Gagetown, Trenton, Esquimalt)
I have a few questions for any ex-airforce people around here from 1970's. In particular, I'm interested to know any information anyone may have about some training flights from CFB Trenton. The name of the exercise was 700 Med A. The Aircraft was a CC-137 (I believe it was 13701), It was a flight around the world, with the following stops:
Trenton - Vancouver
Vancouver - Hawaii
Hawaii - Fiji
Fiji - Sydney
Sydney - KL Malaysia
KL - Bangkok
Bangkok - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Darussalam Pakistan
Darussalam - Nairobi
Nairobi - Accra (Ghana)
Accra - Las Palmas
Las Palmas - Trenton
According to his non-pilot flight log, the departure date was March 26, 1976. Log book indicates 62.3 hours total flight time. I suspect this flight was done over the course of a few weeks or a month.
In the past 10 years or so, I have become addicted to flight simulation, and have performed this same flight on 3 separate ocassions, but now I'd like to know a few more of the whys and wherefores of this particular exercise. Unfortunately, my dear step-dad is no longer with us, so I can't ask him.
Anyone with info please respond, whether here, or to my personal email if need be.
Thanks everyone!
Scott Bennett
Victoria, BC
Email: lonemonk@shaw.ca