Here's a story from David Bashow's book on the CF-104:
"Along with a considerable number and variety of formal instructional
duties, 417 [Squadron] 'staffers' occasionally performed a number of
other diverse flying activities, such as ferrying various dignitaries
to CFB Cold Lake for sundry purposes. Ray Dunsdon vividly recalls one
such event, when he and Al French were tasked to bring the legendary
Lockheed F-104 test pilots Glen 'Snake' Reaves and Tony LeVier from
the Palmdale facility to Cold Lake for the ten-year CF-104 reunion in
1972. Ray would probably have been more appreciative of Snake's flying
skills had he not been so preoccupied with viewing his life flashing
in front of his eyes...
"Al French and I flew two duals to Palmdale, and brought back Snake
Reaves and Tony LeVier. Tony hadn't flown a CF-104 for over seven
years; Snake only flew to put on his five-minute demo. At any rate,
Snake and Tony did all the flying on the way back to Cold Lake. The
formation takeoffs, etc. were terrifying, and when we arrived at Cold
Lake, Tony and Al landed. I advised Snake that he was cleared to do
his show. He started the display 20 feet above the end of the runway,
420 knots, 10--20 degrees nose up, and then performed an 8-point roll.
I was sure we were dead, but I couldn't bail out inverted that low. He
completed a perfect 8-point roll and levelled out at 420 knots, 20
feet above the runway. As the time was close to 6:00 p.m., most people
had moved to the Mess. I pointed out its location and Snake flew by at
about 20 feet. I was happily waving at friends on the front balcony
when he started a series of snap rolls; about four, I think. Then for
his landing, he was into stick shaker all the way around final turn,
pulled the 'chute 20 feet in the air, landed and turned off the runway
in less than 1000 feet, as smooth as silk!"
"Along with a considerable number and variety of formal instructional
duties, 417 [Squadron] 'staffers' occasionally performed a number of
other diverse flying activities, such as ferrying various dignitaries
to CFB Cold Lake for sundry purposes. Ray Dunsdon vividly recalls one
such event, when he and Al French were tasked to bring the legendary
Lockheed F-104 test pilots Glen 'Snake' Reaves and Tony LeVier from
the Palmdale facility to Cold Lake for the ten-year CF-104 reunion in
1972. Ray would probably have been more appreciative of Snake's flying
skills had he not been so preoccupied with viewing his life flashing
in front of his eyes...