Airbus 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…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
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…
Saab will compete with its JAS-39E Gripen. Lockheed Martin will again pitch its F-35 stealth fighter. Boeing is in line to…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18B Hornet on the road
by Dario LeoneThe CF-18B Hornet was damaged in a hard landing during a 410 Tactical Fighter Squadron training exercise at MCAS Miramar in…
- Military Aviation
First Two Australian F/A-18A “interim fighters” for RCAF arrived in Cold Lake
by Dario LeoneCanada is procuring 18 F/A-18A fighter aircraft and parts from the Government of Australia to rapidly increase availability of the CF-18…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
RCAF fighter pilots are forbidden from dropping bombs below 1,000 feet
by Dario LeoneRCAF fighter pilot from 4 Wing Cold Lake was given a $2000 fine by a military court for flying below that…
- Military AviationWarbirds
Awesome photos show RCAF CF-18 Demonstration Hornet flying with Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster
by Dario LeoneCanadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Lancaster is one of only 2 flying Lancaster bombers in the world Taken on Aug. 29, 2018…
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