Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

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Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

Postby ActionArt » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:01 pm

It's been a bad few days for losses first the Raptor now another F18 in training at Cold Lake Alberta, not far from where I live. Here's the story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/18/canada-jet-crash.html

The pilot got out OK but spent a couple hours in the cold before they could find him.

For Canada which doesn't have many fighters to begin with it's a sad loss :(

Not much word on what went wrong yet.
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Re: Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:04 pm

Another cost cutting exercise, glad the seat did its job!
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Re: Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

Postby ActionArt » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:07 pm

Yep, two in a row! Martin Baker stock is on the rise :)
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Re: Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:27 pm

ActionArt wrote:Yep, two in a row! Martin Baker stock is on the rise :)



ROCKETING up! ;)
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Re: Canada loses ANOTHER F-18

Postby Thumper » Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:47 pm

Blimey, not good but glad the pilot is OK.
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