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Re: [OM] Weekend at Bernnie's

Subject: Re: [OM] Weekend at Bernnie's
From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:55:04 -0300
Air shows may be all the CF-18's are good for. Most are unfit for combat on
account of aged communications systems .............. one reason that Canada
shirked Gulf War 2.

jh



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 10 July, 2003 02:11 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Weekend at Bernnie's


Sounds stunning.   There is a reason for the F18 after all (other than
to keep McDonnell Douglass in business all those years ago) ;-0.

Did you get a photo of this wonderful display?

Chris

On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003, at 22:55 Europe/London, AG Schnozz wrote:

>> Is that CF-18 as in "Canadian Forces" as the Canadian version
>> of the F-18 is known?
>
> Yes.  Beautiful paint job on it too.  What an incredible
> routine.  He did manouvers that I haven't seen since 1981 when
> the F16 was first being shown off.
>
> He did a square-cornered loop where he didn't pull up until the
> very last instance and completed the loop no more than a hundred
> feet off the ground.  He did more straight up and straight down
> manouvers than Leo Lagenslager (RIP) did.
>
> Another "Leo" type of stunt was the knife-edge loop.  This was
> all rudder and exhaust nozzle.  This stunt is easy in a Pitts
> (as long as it's to the left), but must be a totally different
> dynamic in a jet. (plane does a loop like standard loop, except
> the wings are 90 degrees to the horizon).
>
> AG
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