DASSAULT-BREGUET/DORNIER Alpha Jet (C-GQTA)

A Canadian "Top Aces" (* see below) Alpha Jet (C-GQTA) is captured here with the gear in transit as it departs RNO for a trip up north to Victoria, Canada (YYJ). Later in the day, it left Victoria and proceeded to Cold Lake/Three Bears. (CTB8). It was one of two "Top Aces" fleet aircraft at RNO for a refueling stop.
* "Top Aces" is a private Canadian military aggressor aircraft company. It was formed in 2000 by ex-military pilots and provides aggressor aircraft opposition for military air forces worldwide (similar to ATAC and Tac Air).