Air Show Pictures

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:02 pm

I just uploaded and put captions to pictures from an air show earlier this year at Langley AFB they are on the photo album for hab 1 members page. They include some pics of the F-22 raptor and FA-18 superhornet among many others.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:25 am

Very nice!
I should post a few pictures from the airshows I have been to.
Your air shows are a lot more impressive than ours.
Thanks for sharing!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:39 pm

Langley AFB puts on a pretty good show every year. I was kind of dissapointed this year the aerial acts were pretty good but they were seriously lacking in static displays. Most likely due to so many planes being ocverseas. But it was great to get a look at the Raptor. Langley will have the first operational squadron in the country by the end of the year. And all i can say about the superhornet is WOW!!!!!!!! that thing did maneuvers i didnt think possible for an aircraft.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:19 am

Oh yes, the CF-18 (or the American FA-18) is a very superb aircraft! Definitely my favourite. I have seen them multiple times at airshows here. They have a show CF-18 that they paint up every year with the most spectacular paint job a (military) plane could ever have! (Then again, we tend to paint up our planes a lot nicer than the USA does.) I must post pictures the next time I have access to a scanner.

I tried to join the RCAF as a navigator, but they wouldn't let me... so now all I can do is drool over the planes and take loads of pictures of them.

So... when's the next airshow in Northern Alberta... hmmm....

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:51 pm

I have seen the CF-18 at airshows before but this was the new Superhornet the laterst incarnation of the Hornet. Don't know if Canada has them yet or not. I know Virginia Beach has m,ade a big stink over them because they are louder than the standard hornet.

Who · Post by **Who** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:31 pm

They have a show CF-18 that they paint up every year with the most spectacular paint job a (military) plane could ever have! (Then again, we tend to paint up our planes a lot nicer than the USA does.)

Our planes tend to kick more butt then the Canadian planes do. We need the extra weight for bombs and bullets, not cutesy paint schemes.

Sorry couldnt resist..!

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:25 pm

I'm trying to find the pics...should I be going to the HabPhotos section? Where do I go from there?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:27 pm

http://spacecamp.ibnerd.net/index.php?

MAYTAG · Post by **MAYTAG** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:43 pm

that and youve gotta remember that that is the new F/A-18 E/F super hornet in those pics which is far superior to any old 18 american or canadian

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:29 am

Who wrote: Our planes tend to kick more butt then the Canadian planes do. We need the extra weight for bombs and bullets, not cutesy paint schemes.

I prefer that our planes do not need as many bombs or bullets... but I guess that's the Canadian perspective... yay for the maple leafs and blue berets!

I know we have lots of original CF-18's, but I remember one of the pilots mentioning something about a SuperHornet (CF-18E) at the last airshow I went to. I shall inquire further...

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:30 pm

Thanks re: the pics...cool...I'll have to look at everyone's photo albums more closely when I have the time!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:18 pm

By the way i welcome comments on the hab photo website for my pictures any of them.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:29 am

LB206 wrote:By the way i welcome comments on the hab photo website for my pictures any of them.

As do I... all of my pictures too, even the Goldstone ones...