Wings of Resilience: The Ups and Downs of My 65 Years in Aviation
Wings of Resilience" takes you through Gord Price’s 65-year aviation journey, from nuclear strike pilot to commercial aviator and aerobatic champion. This memoir captures daring flights, emergency landings, and reflections on family and dreams, showcasing the courage and resilience that define a life spent soaring in the skies.
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1972 YAKOVLEV YAK 50
1972 YAK 50, Serial No. 01, first flew on June 21, 1972. Rebuilt in 2003 by The Aircraft Restoration Group, Moscow. 599.1 TTAF. M-14PF engine dyno’d at 435HP, SMOH 215. Prop SMOH 0. Equipped with autopilot, strobes, extended fuel, smoke system, modern avionics, and spares. Always hangared, complete logs, manuals included. Located at CYOS, Owen Sound, Ontario. Delivery available.
About Gord
- 83 years old still pulling +7 G and pushing -5 G.
- Held a transport Canada Surface Level waiver for Airshow Aerobatics in the YAK-50
- RCAF 422 Squadron CF-104 ‘Starfighter’ Nuclear strike pilot from 1964-66.
- Performed 3 lomcevaks, as taught by Ladislav Bezak, the inventor of the manoeuvre.
- Represented Canada at 3 FAI Unlimited World Aerobatic Championships… 1980, 82, 88.
- Air Canada Captain for 36 years. Retired from Boeing 747-400 in 2001
- Developed the Ultimate Wing and doubled the roll rate of the Pitts Special
- Flew CIAS Air Airshow (CNE) 1988 and 2017,2018,2019,2021, 2022,2023.
- Flew Oshkosh Air Show 4 times in 80s in his Ultimate Pitts and the Ultimate series of bi-planes.
- Designed, built and flew the ‘Ultimate‘ series of biplanes.
- Designer of the extremely popular ‘Ultimate Biplane’ model aircraft.
- Flew the CF-104 Starfighter again in June 2018 …..52 years after being on squadron
- Inducted as an Honorary Snowbird November 2022.
Canadian National and/or Open Unlimited Aerobatic Champion 7 times.
Flew 3 FAI World Aerobatic Championships obtaining the best standings of any Canadian pilot so far.
Silver medal in Hilton Masters of Aerobatics. Pilots from around the world all flew the Pitts S2B. Pilots could not watch other competitors unless they had already flown. Judges did not know which pilot was flying the aircraft.