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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 17:37:50 GMT -5
VERY productive day. Stay tuned for lots more of these.  Canadian Armed Forces "Snowbirds" team |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 17:59:00 GMT -5
A gaggle of Harvards...  |
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Post by spud on Jun 27, 2014 18:02:13 GMT -5
Only three aircraft? More like a "Giggle"!
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Post by olderndirt on Jun 27, 2014 21:03:40 GMT -5
The color of the sky matches the color of my instrument rating. They said when they match I can file IFR.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 8:31:47 GMT -5
Yup, I can go with "Giggle", or even just a "Gig"  Cool. "CAT II" then is the number of pet cats you have aboard at the time of your approach? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 8:33:25 GMT -5
B17 I believe  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 8:34:40 GMT -5
CF-18   |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 9:16:21 GMT -5
Not part of the airshow, but we had an OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) EC-135 in yesterday. What a beautiful helicopter that one is!  |
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Post by Sandy on Jun 28, 2014 9:48:06 GMT -5
Another real life image ... this little guy showed up unexpectedly and made me wait a bit while a patient was loaded. I don't know the back story, but there were many folks present (family members?) who were quite upset, so apparently the Life Link name was being lived up to.  |
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Post by pivo11 on Jun 28, 2014 12:23:28 GMT -5
Boyo, some great photos! Glenn, you are right, that is a B-17. A polished aluminum B-17 with a decorative ball turret! Not too many of those left.  |
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Post by Bushpounder on Jun 28, 2014 14:42:27 GMT -5
We use 135's here. GREAT helo. Small rotor diameter - can fit almost anywhere. They usually require a 100' square LZ for safety, but can fit in way less. We had one in our back lot at the museum a month or so ago.
BP;)
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Post by Bushpounder on Jun 28, 2014 14:44:16 GMT -5
I really hope someone comes out with those decals for that Hornet. Those are sharp.
BP;)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 22:28:38 GMT -5
Thank you Fritz, really appreciate the remarks. Took a lot of shots to get a few good ones doing this sort of thing. Lots of fun though!
I might be able to get a close up of the CF-18 decals for you Don. I'll see what I can do.
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Post by Sandy on Jun 29, 2014 10:23:05 GMT -5
I've often wondered if the fake cockpit painted onto the bottom of the Hornet was effective at all. Does it really have a chance of confusing an enemy pilot that the aircraft's attitude is 180 degrees opposite?
Note on that B-17 that it is one of the very late production G models, with the "Cheyenne" tail gunner's station. This modification gave the rear gunner a little more wiggle room as well as much larger viewing windows and an optical gun sight instead of the basic ring and bead sight. It also shortened up the overall aircraft length by about a foot, IIRC.
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Post by Bushpounder on Jun 29, 2014 13:40:10 GMT -5
I think those fake canopies are highly effective. When inverted, at the right angle, the vertical stabs also look correct. I think it's pretty clever. I don't understand why the US didn't do it also.
BP;)
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