Sergeant Shane Votour

Snowbird 1A, Crew Chief

Sergeant (Sgt) Shane Votour was born in Lahr, Germany, and raised in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Raised in a military family, he enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 2010 as an Avionics Systems Technician.

Following basic training, he completed his trade course as well as the Performance Orientated Electrical Training.

In 2011, Sgt Votour was posted to Shearwater, Nova Scotia, where he worked on the CH-124 Sea King Helicopter at 423 Squadron for six years. During this time, he sailed with HMCS Fredericton on multiple deployments. In the summer of 2018, he began working on a new airframe, the CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter.

Sgt Votour was posted to 431 Air Demonstration Squadron in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in 2021. This will be his second season as Crew Chief of the Snowbirds.