CF-18 over Hawaii: Breathtaking

[Axial Flow]

I am not dead but maybe you need to get out from behind the scope more often

http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/coo ... tary.3.htm

http://www.tom-Phillips.info/images/coo ... tary.2.htm

http://www.tom-Phillips.info/images/coo ... litary.htm

[Johnny767]

A large part of the "beauty" is;

It is a CAF Fighter!

[co-joe]

Whoa good thing. I was worried about those flying sharks there for a bit.

[husky]

If you think a clapped out CF-18 is the most stunning thing you've ever seen, what do you think of this:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Ai ... 1194100/M/

??

[Apache64_]

I will take the CF-18 over the Raptor, mainly cause it has a Maple Leaf on the tail!

[AuxBatOn]

If you think a clapped out CF-18 is the most stunning thing you've ever seen, what do you think of this:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Ai ... 1194100/M/

??

Clapped out? No. Old? Yes.

They have just been upgraded after all..

[Cat Driver]

Can you do this with a F18?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... wImage.jpg

[Changes in Latitudes]

Can you do this with a F18?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... wImage.jpg

I wonder if other airplanes drink enough, would it turn into an CF-18?

Tugboats need love too, I know ..

[Rockie]

Can you do this with a F18?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... wImage.jpg

Sure you can...but only once. And you have to hurry.

[Cat Driver]

Here is a picture of the thing moving under it's own power changes in Latitudes.

Same airplane different paint job for different client.


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... nriver.jpg

That is one of my favourites taken taxiing down the Senegal River in St Lewis, Senegal.....a real nice African scene.

[Expat]

That is not bad,...and cheaper than the Raptor

[Rockie]

That is not bad,...and cheaper than the Raptor

Given equal pilots, I don't who would win a maneuvering fight between it and the F-22. But in reality the F-22 would blot this out of the sky before he even knew the Raptor was there. That makes it pretty cost effective.

[joco]

Can somebody elaborate on this picture ...please ... what capability does the a/c have.. float?

http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/coo ... ge.304.jpg

[C-GGGQ]

I believe it is to retrieve/ Launch a Zodiac (seal team or something) It doesn't really float but you can lower the back end in the water enough for the boat to drive up inside (just like the sinking aircraft carriers)

[Pygmie]

Can somebody elaborate on this picture ...please ... what capability does the a/c have.. float?

http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/coo ... ge.304.jpg

I don't think the airframe can actually float, but with power on and good piloting they can do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9pA4I606No

[C-GGGQ]

and there is the proof 2 seconds after I post

[Nark]

As much as I despise the US Army, those Chinook guys can fly.

At least the ones I got to play with.

They can lift around 20,000 lbs externally on a good day.

Give's my CH-53E bubba's a run for their money.

CH-53 antics

[FamilyGuy]

For all the other posters read this slowly..

I M Sew Food King We Tard It

What do any of those pics have to do with a pic of our boys over Hawaii??

That is the problem with Canada - call it penis envy, ADD or whatever

[KAFUFO]

Our plane wasen't inverted that's the problem

[Topspin]

That is not bad,...and cheaper than the Raptor

Pugachev’s Cobra?

[lownslow]

Ahh, the seldom seen aircraft carrier handbrake turn


That deck was full of F-18s until a couple seconds before this pic was taken...

-Low-N-Slow

[Rockie]

Shit...forgot my wallet.

[Fox 3]

Here is a picture of the thing moving under it's own power changes in Latitudes.

Same airplane different paint job for different client.


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/ ... nriver.jpg

That is one of my favourites taken taxiing down the Senegal River in St Lewis, Senegal.....a real nice African scene.

That photo is just plain cool. It makes me think of Venice...like in the movie "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

Very Cool.

~FOX~

[x-wind]

Given equal pilots, I don't who would win a maneuvering fight between it and the F-22. But in reality the F-22 would blot this out of the sky before he even knew the Raptor was there. That makes it pretty cost effective.

Sure that's what the military channel claims. But I'm not so sure, my propaganda sense is tingling.

[iflyforpie]

But in reality the F-22 would blot this out of the sky before he even knew the Raptor was there. That makes it pretty cost effective.
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Yeah they've been saying that since before Vietnam. We all know what a gong show that was for BVR kills.