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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1650 on: February 24, 2017, 07:15:48 AM »
Tu-114 joint Soviet Aeroflot and Japan Air Lines, Haneda Intl airport 1968.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1651 on: February 25, 2017, 03:43:40 AM »
^ Gorgeous photo!

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« Reply #1652 on: March 07, 2017, 08:45:39 AM »


You bring you own ride knowing there won't any free taxis when you arrive.

For bonus points, how many snowmobiles can you fit in a RCAF Globemaster?

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1653 on: March 07, 2017, 11:13:05 AM »
I almost feel like this picture would be better suited for another thread!

Meanwhile in Canada...

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« Reply #1654 on: March 09, 2017, 08:03:34 PM »
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« Reply #1655 on: March 09, 2017, 08:16:36 PM »
I almost feel like this picture would be better suited for another thread!

Meanwhile in Canada...

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I thought about that Logan but since Canada does not have a monopoly on C-17s, box lunches and Skidoos I decided to put it in Cool Photos.  ;D

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« Reply #1656 on: March 10, 2017, 02:20:03 AM »
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« Reply #1657 on: March 10, 2017, 04:22:34 PM »
Tu-114 joint Soviet Aeroflot and Japan Air Lines, Haneda Intl airport 1968.

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Having sat in the nose of a preserved Tu-134 once, I'd jump at the chance to have a flight in the navigator spot. I imagine the view was pretty spectacular.

It probably wouldn't do much for my productivity as I'd be just sitting there staring out the windows and enjoying it.
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« Reply #1658 on: March 11, 2017, 04:08:58 AM »
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« Reply #1659 on: March 13, 2017, 12:34:57 AM »


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Low level flight in to the "ops-zone" during exercise ELITE in the good old days ,trying to avoid any "unfriendly" missles!
So they kept it low - what a sight and sound!!!!

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1660 on: March 13, 2017, 12:45:17 AM »
Lovely pic of some colourful Lightnings:



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« Reply #1661 on: March 13, 2017, 01:16:54 AM »
Wow!! Are the Lightnings bare metal highly polished or painted with glossy silver?
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« Reply #1662 on: March 13, 2017, 03:42:04 AM »
Mostly bare metal I think.
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« Reply #1663 on: March 16, 2017, 03:19:24 AM »
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« Reply #1664 on: March 17, 2017, 09:39:49 AM »
I'd be scared to death on a ship in seas like that!!!

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« Reply #1665 on: March 17, 2017, 12:27:50 PM »
Don't be having soup with your sandwich.

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« Reply #1666 on: March 18, 2017, 08:12:12 AM »
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« Reply #1667 on: March 20, 2017, 08:29:19 PM »
Only cool in the sense it was very breezy in the cockpit for the ride home.

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Within a millisecond, the now ballistic passenger was no longer in the Tomcat. Thankfully, his chute deployed properly, and he touched down with nothing more than minor injuries. The ejected passenger was rescued in a short amount of time, and the Tomcat was recovered without further incident, after a nice sunny convertible ride back to NAS Fallon.

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« Reply #1668 on: March 21, 2017, 02:33:06 AM »
Someone thought it was a nice day to drive with the top down...
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« Reply #1669 on: March 21, 2017, 06:02:14 AM »
Man and on the one day ya leave the silk scarf at home!
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« Reply #1670 on: March 22, 2017, 09:22:54 AM »
Not sure If posted this photo before. Taken by moi at the 2009 CFB Trenton Airshow

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« Reply #1671 on: March 22, 2017, 09:24:38 AM »
Same show:

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« Reply #1672 on: March 22, 2017, 09:27:01 AM »
And one more.

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« Reply #1673 on: March 22, 2017, 09:28:22 AM »
Last one.

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« Reply #1674 on: March 23, 2017, 12:03:27 AM »
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