I caught this moment at the conclusion of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds demonstration at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show last year- Snowbird 2, Captain Sarah Dallaire, jumps up and high fives the only female ground crew chief on the team, Corporal Victoria Carpenter. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ The team leader, Snowbird 1, is Major Denis Bandet and he's the bald one in the red flight suit.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Captain Dallaire is from Quebec and both of her parents were general aviation pilots who flew for leisure. When she was 12 years old, she met the first female Snowbirds pilot, Maryse Carmichael, and that's when Dallaire set her sights on becoming an RCAF pilot. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Touchingly, when Dallaire was selected to join the Snowbirds, it was Carmichael who pinned her wings.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Ladies Day” | Day 16⠀ #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KAFW #AFW #AllianceAirport #FWAAS2018 #AllianceAirShow2018 #airport #planespotting #Canadair #CT114 #Tutor #instagramaviation #igaviationcontest #mil_aviation_originals #RCAF #Snowbirds #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #aviationphotography #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeeksAero #AvGeekNation (at Fort Worth Alliance Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/B47gDgmBXJ4/?igshid=jifaun0bhe53