Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 27, 1979, p. 16

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e page i noon today every which way but up the canadian forces parachute demonstration team the sky hawks will appear at the markham fair at noon today sept 27 toe tenmember sky hawks were formed in 1971 to demonstrate various parachuting techniques to the public on behalf of canadas armed forces the sky hawks have appeared annually in numerous air shows and exhibitions throughout canada since 1971 last year the team completed more than 2000 parachute descents before an estimated 2000000 spectators each man la an expert parachutist with iso to 1000 jumps to his credit he can fly his body through the air under absolute control while performing aerobatics and formation flying as he falls he can also vary his rate of descent and move in any direction except up while travelling at speeds from 190 to 320 km per hour normally team members jump from their aircraft at 10000 feet above ground jumpers trail smoke from canisters attached to their boots to help spectators follow their descent using an altimeter and a stop watch the parachutist will frcefall for as long as 45 seconds before activating his manoeuverable canopy at a height of 2200 feet with this steerable parachute tho jumper will control his descent for a pinpoint landing in front of the main body of spectators team members are servicemen representing a wide variety of trades and classifications in the regular and reserve forces when not on tour with the sky hawks many members are employed in duties involving tho development of parachuting techniques and training of military freefall parachutists at the canadian airborne centre canadian forces base edmonton alberta new records in offing for entries attendance fair secretary gerry mann still is accepting entries for the fair and predicts there will be at least as many or more entries in this years fair compared to last years in some com petitions the entry deadline already has passed but for others such as some livestock shows entries are accepted right until show time new classes for this years fair such as the photography class and the under18 class for boy scouts girl guides and brownies also are doing well mr mann added i hope that this years fair will be better than ever but it all depends on the weather with good weather i imagine we will have record at tendance the chip of f the old block contest in which youngsters and parents are compared for similarities produced this pair of juniorsenior ivv issthe quesnellesln 1978 bricttesocl k 11 another development of orlando corp i v steelesave 1 r bridlewood mall x i3 finch ave 1 s i t 2 birchrnount ave 0 x 13 c c hwy o warden t x 60 quality stories to serve you best including kmart dominion food city towers

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