I do like the Tutor in that I believe it is more agile and versatile for this use. Obviously though, they will need newer planes at some point. However, I really hope they leave the number on the team at nine.
1 posted on
08/31/2006 6:59:30 AM PDT by
NorthOf45
To: Clive; GMMAC; fanfan; Alexander Rubin; F14 Pilot; FrPR; Cannoneer No. 4; KitJ; Candor7; ...
2 posted on
08/31/2006 7:00:07 AM PDT by
NorthOf45
To: NorthOf45
About 15 years ago, I was doing touch and go's for my pilots license when the tower told us to either land or leave the airspace.
Still having over an hour left on the plane, we put down and grabbed a soda.
Next thing we know, the Snowbirds are 50' overhead in a tight diamond formation - got an up close and personal airshow for free.
3 posted on
08/31/2006 7:10:05 AM PDT by
NY.SS-Bar9
(DR #1692 Check your elevation.)
To: NorthOf45
Scrap the Snowbirds. Canada can't afford them... not on its pathetic defense budget. Use the funds to replace the "Sea Things" that keep crashing.
5 posted on
08/31/2006 7:20:13 AM PDT by
Camerican
(It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing - Macbeth)
To: NorthOf45
Blue Angels used to fly A4 Skyhawks. There may be some of them left around. They're incredibly agile.
6 posted on
08/31/2006 8:31:22 AM PDT by
Dilbert56
To: NorthOf45
Those planes remind me of the failed Fairchild trainers that the Air Force was considering in the early-mid '80s.
7 posted on
08/31/2006 8:33:55 AM PDT by
LIConFem
(Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
To: NorthOf45
Those are photos of poofter planes.LOL.
This is a plane:
And Canada could acquire them with a little effort and diplomacy.
21 posted on
09/01/2006 8:46:13 PM PDT by
Candor7
(Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
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