the Canadians only used the CF-5s as a lead-in trainer for Royal Canadian Air Force pilots who were slated to pilot the CF-104 and, later, the CF-18 Hornet. The CF-5 saw no combat, although it did ...

Visitors had the chance to view engine startups and get hands-on with planes ranging from World War 2 bombers to cold-war nuclear-armed jets to the Snowbirds stunt planes.