Calgary v22 osprey's

[jorogi]

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.

A Hornet can out slow flight a 172, I watched one ground out a 30 kts in still air. Very, very noisy, very high deck angle and and a fuel burn somewhat higher than a taxi rate. A few hundred feet before the grass started the burners came on for a vertical departure, cleared to FL 450 IIRC.

 

[trevj]

A Hornet can out slow flight a 172, I watched one ground out a 30 kts in still air. Very, very noisy, very high deck angle and and a fuel burn somewhat higher than a taxi rate. A few hundred feet before the grass started the burners came on for a vertical departure, cleared to FL 450 IIRC.

Seen THAT show many many times, between the number of Airshows I was Voluntold to work at, a few I was at voluntarily, as well as the Display Pilot practicing his chops out in the infield at Cold Lake. Sometimes the Airshow was actually fun, mainly on the day after the public was gone, and the guys were trying to outdo each other on their departure passes. A couple memorable events, was a pair of F-16's, that did a scissor cross around both sides of the Tower, in Moose Jaw many years ago, another was watching a B-52 drop to a little (very little) above wave height, approaching Comox from Powell River, and seeing the plane disappear behind the treeline at the waters edge, rise almost straight up, pass the trees, go belly down across the infield, then pop up and show us it's belly at the Hangar.

It would not take much more than a competent pilot, to tail-walk across the top of a plane that 'had' to be knocked down, and swat it from the sky like a biting bug. A flyby with a few flares, is almost a casual welcome by comparison...

 

[Lucky7]

High angle of attack slow speed flying looks great from the outside, but I’d imagine it’s plenty stressful on the airshow pilot in a plane like a CF-18 that doesn’t thrust vector. I’m sure the CAF has graduated levels of methods to seek a wayward pilots attention. And compliance.

About airshows- still remember two as a young kid. 1974, Winnipeg, the odd to my eyes growing up in North America British Vulcan and esp Victor. What amazing designs! And the then new F-14, which did a full no ceiling afterburner departure off runway 18 over the city. Also vividly recall the mid 1970’s Portage la Prairie four ship CF-104 display. Back when flying over the crowd was allowed, three ship intro down the runway and another snuck from behind the crowd over the hangers and right over the crowd immediately after the three ship intro. Scared the crap out of the crowd! Good times.

 

[Tom O]

I was at the air show in 87? Where a biplane was doing a slow pass then hit a downdraft he dropped like a stone (15’) and flipped over I think he called himself the Red Knight.