riiight... as soon as the 1000% tax hike needed to buy them goes thru parliament ;)

they fly over my house atleast twice a day loud as fuck

And canadas also like the 8th country in line to get them, and 0 have been delivered so far.
Its probably gonna be a while

Old school in a sense, but still badass, and with the upgrades we have been doing to them the past couple of years, still very capable. F22 are wicked machines but we will never get them, nor anyone else in the world thanks to congress. Ive read some great stuff on the F35, I just hope the single engine doesnt bite us in the ass (We always get 2 engine fighters so if one engine fails while out over the ocean or arctic, they can still get back to base safely rather then being forced to bail out.

we should of kept the avro arrow project. Now that was a killer fighter!

cf18s, flying out from cfb cold lake.

I didn't notice this but it would make sense to block or scrambling signals if they're running anti-terrorist exercises.

I was on westminister hwy on Thursday around 245. Heard aa jet, looked up and saw a beautiful CF-18. Even at 20+ years old, it's still nice.

does anyone know how fast they usually fly from cold lake to vancouver? 5-10min?

im sure they'll have quite a few at comox during the olympics

there will be some at comox, air canada also lending out one of their hangers at the airport.

^ Yup

@ elkayem - I have some photos of em from CFB Cold Lake from this year, not taking off or anything though. Just sitting outside and in the hangar

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k here are some pics incase you guys are interested
i was stationed at cold lake some time ago so I got to see em pretty up close and personal
pictures were taken from where they're currently flying out of

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._4727089_n.jpg
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5134183_n.jpg
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can someone help me... i'm no expert at planes but isn't an F-18 designed to be a carrier-based aircraft? why would canada choose these if we are land-based?

that day that cf-18 flew over us in rmd, it had the landing gear down and we could see what we thought was the arrestor hook hanging out back :confused:

At the airport

Time for a good read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CF-18_Hornet

Coles Notes:
F-18 wins the competition because of its price and good availability for parts.

F18 and F15 i think are the most beautiful aircraft, but the A10 is gonna always be my fave! Those and 160th SOAR Little Birds. So badass



Edit: Love those Cold Lake pics. I rarely see more then 2 at a time anywhere, so seeing a bunch on the tarmac always looks great

nice, im currently posted there. doing OJT for aerospace control.

from my understanding: the runways at comox and cold lake are close to 12,000 ft if not more whereas the runways at YVR are close to 10,000. So having the cables set up "helps" the jet to stop in a shorter distance due to a shortened ground roll and ground speed as it initially hooks

Also I dont think the CF18s have reverse thrusters like you see on the Air Canada/heavy airplanes, thus you need cables to slow down

^ That pull of the hook makes your anus feel like it was shifted 6 inches away from your body.

Then you'll know what I mean when I say that F18's roaring overhead is nothing new anymore :p

It sorta got old after hearing em everyday at Cold Lake

There are 3 CF-18s based here based in YVR. Here's one of them on approach.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/...93c145ef_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/...ccc668b0_b.jpg

More this week...

Flight usually takes under 2 hours. There will be a "few" in Comox and Vancouver during the Olympics.

It was the arresting hook mainly used for inflight emergencies such as landing gear, engine or brake issues. Its used where a quick stop is required for landing.


Jet over Whistler.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...age/inter3.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...age/inter2.jpg

nice photos of them flyboys, but you got to remember, the infantry soldier is the most important :D

I hope the infantry soldiers enjoy tent city out in Cloverdale or whatever. I'll enjoy my clean, warm, DRY hotel room in downtown van.

CP-140 Aurora (AKA P-3 Orion) was doing circuits at YXX today. I only noticed it while were shuffling CC-130s around to make room for some other aircraft. There were a few times that I thought it was another Herc coming back from post maintenance test flight.

Belka did you take those photos? Whats the tail number of the Herc your in?