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The 101 Voodoo had a pair of J57’s with afterburners. Nudging the throttles to the left at full power settings would light up the afterburners. We did ground runs after maintenance and anything approaching full military power we would have to tie it down with cables. One cable from each outboard landing gear to a common point in the tarmac.
Short story. One day at Chatham the guy’s had one tied down and were doing a trim run with both at mil power when one cable snapped. That 101 did a very quick 360 doing a pirouette around the tarmac before he could get the throttles closed. Very little damage to the aircraft but it sheared the roof off the Ford Econoline van they had sitting by. Never got a ride in one, wish I had though…
Falconflyer
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Back in the late 60's or early 70's, somewhere around that time period, I went to the Springbank airshow with my father. The crowd was standing facing north towards the runway and flight line, a demonstration had just ended when the announcer over the pa said "Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the United States Airforce Thunderbirds" Everyone was looking to the north straining to see airplanes and I just happened to glance backwards to see the fight of Phantoms approaching from the south about 150 feet above ground. As they got close they turned on the smoke and howled over head at high speed making a high g pullup into the vertical and performing a starburst maneuver. The noise was unbelievable and I'm sure there must have been several cardiac arrests in the crown as most people did see or hear them coming! One of the most memorable airshow moments in my life!Phantoms were the best part of any airshow.
Dark Alley Dan
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The original Soviet "battle bus", the T-20 Komsomolets:
Looks like Adoph's Happy Lads got their paws on a few:
Like a Universal Carrier with a Russian accent. This seems a bit aspirational...
Wonder how the trans and running gear handled that weight and recoil.
Looks like Adoph's Happy Lads got their paws on a few:
Like a Universal Carrier with a Russian accent. This seems a bit aspirational...
Wonder how the trans and running gear handled that weight and recoil.
I had the sad privilege of watching one crash, in Calgary,
They didn't field the F-4. All the pictures online are from Computer Games.
I found this;
In the spring of 1973, the Canadian government chose the F-4 Phantom II to augment Canada's CF-101 Voodoo as its front line fighter. There was much back-slapping and many huzzahs at the decision to make Canada a force to be respected again. The first Phantom was received on 01 July 1973; Dominion Day - Canada's 106th birthday. 409 'Nighthawk' Squadron was chosen as the first squadron to be equipped with the 'new' Phantoms which were given the Royal Canadian Air Force designation CF-117. The Nighthawks were transferred to C.F.B. Uplands in Ottawa. C.F.B. Rockcliffe in Ottawa's east end was to be given new life as an emergency airstrip for Phantoms in trouble and unable to make it back to Uplands. The nation's capital would once again see and hear the spectacle of jet fighters flying over the Peace Tower; giving Ottawan's a sense of security that defenders were right in our own back yard, rather than having to depend on other squadrons based hundreds and even thousands of miles away for protection.
Despite the jubilant mood among the politicians and the general public, all was not roses as there were dark storm clouds on the horizon. 1973 and 1974 signaled the beginning of the global oil crisis. This quickly led to a severe domestic economic crisis in Canada. The government had to make some tough decisions. Once again, the military and the Department of National Defense were left holding the bag and the second national dream was nothing but a nightmare. The F-4 deal was cancelled. Only 12 Phantoms had been delivered when the decision to scrap the deal was announced. These airframes were returned to the United States for use in their Armed Forces or for resale to other nations. Canada soldiered on with the CF-101 until the mid-1980's when the One-Oh-Wonder was replaced with the latest McDonnell-Douglas offering, the CF-188 Hornet.
Donny Fenn1
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forget F-4s what about that time "we" had Mig-21s
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/cf-...e-of-30-soviet-built-mig-21-fishbed-fighters/
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/cf-...e-of-30-soviet-built-mig-21-fishbed-fighters/
Bubba Yugga
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Don't forget that the dismantled Avro Arrows were shipped from Malton to Pyongyang, reverse engineered, and Putin is currently working out a deal with Kim to get a couple squadrons to Kursk...
