In a preliminary report issued on Jun. 1, investigators say video footage from the crash showed a bird was in very…
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Snowbirds PAO Capt. Jennifer Casey confirmed dead in the team CT-114 Tutor Crash
by Dario LeoneThe Royal Canadian Air Force has confirmed that Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer Capt. Jennifer Casey has been killed and pilot Captain…
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Avro What? Vulcan Was One of Three V-Bombers of the RAF. But Avro Wanted to Call it “Ottawa.”
by Dario Leone‘While I am extremely proud to call myself an Ottawan, I am the first person to say, “What were they thinking?”’…
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CF-121 Redhawk Program: The True Story Behind Canada’s Purchase of 30 Soviet Built MiG-21 Fishbed Fighters
by Dario LeoneVariously referred to by American media as “The Stab in the Back-yard”, “The Fishbed Flap” “The Redhawk Incident” or more ominously…
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Hornet of RCAF 2020 CF-18 Demo Team will not feature any Special Paint Scheme because of COVID 19 Pandemic
by Dario LeoneThe RCAF also announced they will not be supporting any airshows or special events until at least Apr. 30. The Royal…
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RCAF CC-150 Can Force One damaged During Towing Accident
by Dario LeoneAirbus and General Electric assessed the damages and determined that the CC-150, known also as Can Force One, could only be…
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“The Level of Omnipotence of the F-35 is Incomprehensible for a Fourth-Gen Pilot,” Former RCAF Pilot and Now F-35 Test Pilot Says
by Dario LeoneThe video in this post features Billie Flynn, Lockheed Martin Experimental test pilot, explaining some of the key differences between flying…
It seems everyone’s father or uncle or sister’s husband worked at one time on the Arrow Project. Like in Ottawa where…
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That Time a CF-104 Pilot Buzzed the Tower of a Luftwaffe C-160 Air Base while Flying His Starfighter at 900 Feet per Second and Less than 100 Feet AGL
by Dario Leone‘I did the only thing I could: quickly descended to below control tower catwalk, “stroked” the afterburner, pulled hard left at 7g…
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This RCAF CF-18 Hornet features kill marks for broken refueling probes
by Dario LeoneAlthough we don’t know exactly the story behind this photo, a “broken probe” is not an uncommon incident. The unusual photo…
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