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Calgary v22 osprey's
- Thread starter phaxtris
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As an Air Force brat I think Ospreys are very cool! Wouldn’t fly in one, but cool. Even the Blackhawk that now flies over my house to take a look see at the border daily is cool and has a much more energetic growl/flap sound than the 407’s I’m accustomed to.
Will there be a nice chinook blowing to welcome Trump with a smooth-ish ride into K-country?
Will there be a nice chinook blowing to welcome Trump with a smooth-ish ride into K-country?
Rumor has it that Trump is flying back forth to Montana, however, shortly after I saw them I texted everyone I knew (obviously!), and a buddy who happened to be at yyc spotted the two of them landing there, so I'm unsure, I would assume they would fly direct to wherever ...... Unless air force 1 is at yyc ????
We are out of chinook season, but there was some weather this evening, it would been a bumpy ride no doubt
We are out of chinook season, but there was some weather this evening, it would been a bumpy ride no doubt
Wife also said she heard and felt a very large aircraft fly over but didn't see it.
Yea, louder and a much lower tone than a helicopter
That was before she spotted the Osprey's
Yea, that's how I spotted them, the sound, not that I know what they sound like, but it was unusual to the heli's I normally hear buzzing around
The flight radar for yesterday on that tanker was posted on one of the aviation Facebook groups, looks like he did big circuits over k-country for the whole day
Did anyone hear about the Cessna getting intercepted, that has to be one conversation I wouldn't want to have
Did anyone hear about the Cessna getting intercepted, that has to be one conversation I wouldn't want to have
I wonder what the price tag was to scramble an F-18 to do a naughty boy wing wag?
Our RC clubs (aka deadly drones) are grounded during the G7 because site is a stone throw inside 30 Nm rad of YYC. Even we know better.
I’ve seen flights of F-18’s (American AF) from the air- NOT during an intercept. Good looking birds altho not as fascinating to me as their contemporary Mig 29’s.
Suspect Canada has assets such as CF-18’s based in Calgary for this little meeting, so not that far or expensive as scrambling from Cold Lake. Chalk it up to a useful training exercise. Not so fun for the civi who’s now enjoying some intrusive chats and paperwork.
Glad I’m not involved on either end of this one.
Suspect Canada has assets such as CF-18’s based in Calgary for this little meeting, so not that far or expensive as scrambling from Cold Lake. Chalk it up to a useful training exercise. Not so fun for the civi who’s now enjoying some intrusive chats and paperwork.
Glad I’m not involved on either end of this one.
I guess that's relative, I bet the fuel bill for the taxiing portion of that sortie alone would keep me in Corn Flakes for quite a while.
im with @Lucky7, pilots are getting paid flying or not, and they need hours to stay current, so the cost is a moot point. That money would get spent intercepting a Cessna or flying whatever fake training sortie of the month.
I imagine the pilots were happy to do the flight, although im sure it was a struggle to slow down to what im sure was a 172 for the intercept, they were probably still blowing past him in slow flight by a good 40kts
Edit; side note, me and a buddy had a gentleman's bet on how long it would take someone to bust that airspace, he won, i figured first day. There are a lot of old timers and farmers who just fly off there private strip in and around that cyr, probably never even look at a notam, although im surprised it was a Cessna and not a NORDO ultralight
I imagine the pilots were happy to do the flight, although im sure it was a struggle to slow down to what im sure was a 172 for the intercept, they were probably still blowing past him in slow flight by a good 40kts
Edit; side note, me and a buddy had a gentleman's bet on how long it would take someone to bust that airspace, he won, i figured first day. There are a lot of old timers and farmers who just fly off there private strip in and around that cyr, probably never even look at a notam, although im surprised it was a Cessna and not a NORDO ultralight