Kip Powick Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 After spending 3 years to prep it, they were "planting" 702 by the main gate at Cold Lake last week when something snapped and the nose came down. I guess they should have known that Winter is not the best season for planting things!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Another photo. I would imagine the weight of the aircraft snapped the radome off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyman Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Is that the 13G aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ACSideStick Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Funny, you never see the U.S. put a JSF or F22 Raptor up on a post. Says much when our frontline fighters go straight to a cement post, with no replacement in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Funny, you never see the U.S. put a JSF or F22 Raptor up on a post. Says much when our frontline fighters go straight to a cement post, with no replacement in sight. In actual fact. X-35 Joint Strike Fighter JSF Display Of course you are right, just funning you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyman Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Funny, you never see the U.S. put a JSF or F22 Raptor up on a post. Says much when our frontline fighters go straight to a cement post, with no replacement in sight. Those front line fighters we have are over 20 years old. This is also a non-flyable aircraft. JSF is not operational yet and the F22 just came operational this month I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ACSideStick Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi Handyman, I do realize the age/cycles/g damage etc. It's a shame, that this model is on a post before anything can replace it. The reality is that ALL of our f18's should be on posts, next to Sea Kings. When the government announced they were going to upgrade these to STATE OF THE ART a few years back, the lies continued to the public as they were upgraded (help me out here guys) form an A to a D model. Big hairy deal as the current model was a G (super hornet?) or H. The pathetic part is that we sent our pilots to war in these in 1991 in the Gulf. Canada's aircraft could not properly scramble comms, because of the cheapness and age of the equipment. Please note that all other airforces (non world powers such as Pakistan) had the correct radios. It being a coilition force, there was much political inclusiveness even at the detriment of safety. Guess what happened, everyone else in the fight was forced to used non-scrambled freqs resulting in a dramatic drop in the safety of both ground and air personell. The Polititions at home in their bed were able to tell everyone that Canada was doing it's part, when in fact, they were a wrench in the gears of the entire effort. I don't slander the participants by saying this. I am a firm believer in either giving them the money (equip and wages) to fight, or don't expect them to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyman Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi Handyman, I do realize the age/cycles/g damage etc. It's a shame, that this model is on a post before anything can replace it. The reality is that ALL of our f18's should be on posts, next to Sea Kings. When the government announced they were going to upgrade these to STATE OF THE ART a few years back, the lies continued to the public as they were upgraded (help me out here guys) form an A to a D model. Big hairy deal as the current model was a G (super hornet?) or H. The pathetic part is that we sent our pilots to war in these in 1991 in the Gulf. Canada's aircraft could not properly scramble comms, because of the cheapness and age of the equipment. Please note that all other airforces (non world powers such as Pakistan) had the correct radios. It being a coilition force, there was much political inclusiveness even at the detriment of safety. Guess what happened, everyone else in the fight was forced to used non-scrambled freqs resulting in a dramatic drop in the safety of both ground and air personell. The Polititions at home in their bed were able to tell everyone that Canada was doing it's part, when in fact, they were a wrench in the gears of the entire effort. I don't slander the participants by saying this. I am a firm believer in either giving them the money (equip and wages) to fight, or don't expect them to. If I remember correctly, they begged borowed and stole enough radios for the aircraft that were in theatre. They also got some smart weapons installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prob30 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Yet another reason not to vote L.....ah fergettit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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