G'day "Fantino is only the latest in a long history of defence ministers hung out to dry by their own department" One slight problem with this statement. Fantino was never the Defence Minister. Cheers...Chris Indeed, "associate minister of defence". Completely different. I bet he's never even met t...

End rant. :evil: BBB That was a good one. I agree that not all are bad, but I have never had a good experience flying in the same area as a C130! Somewhat off-topic... but normally I'd be one of the last to come to the defense of the military, but I remember when I was a student pilot and got a lit...

I remember sitting in a C150 holding short around the midpoint of the long runway at YXU and watching a butterfly experience the wonders of a B-1's turbulence... I also remember that for a few moments I couldn't even hear or feel the engine of the Cessna over the B-1's afterburners... Amazing.

trampbike wrote:

Rockie wrote: Ours are apparently being built in a different dimension and haven't gotten any more expensive.

We don't have to pay for rising development costs. The US are paying for that,
We'll pay 551M USD over a 40 years period for the third phase of the MoU, and that's it.

[citation needed]

For all intensive purposes its the same thing. You should of not let it bother you, your just out to find escape goats for everything! Irregardless of what you think it is, other people will have they're own reasons for pronouncing it that way. I could care less, it's a mute point. You really shoul...

More than likely this is a case of two images being "stitched" on top of one another - I think this is particularly likely given that it's at the edge of another image just to the southwest. Also the aircraft is on a direct line with the runway at the airport to the west... probably not a coincidenc...

CID wrote:So have you personally bent any twins after an engine failure? According to the mini-resume you posted, apparently not. Are light twins flying IFR statistically more dangerous after an engine failure than singles? Sorry, it's true.{citation needed}

Definitely something up - feels as though the host server is overloaded...

Automobile licence plate frames....... why is everyone driving around with those on their rear plates ??? It's the biggest scam going by the car dealers. And everyone is oblivious to it. People! You're driving around with advertising on your six. At the very least you should be charging the dealer ...

http://englishrussia.com/2011/10/03/vie ... apartment/

Some neat pictures of some sadly neglected Russian birds... thought you folks would enjoy!

canada needs the fighters yes but i would also feel more comfortable sitting as we are on the biggest pile of natural resources ,in the 2nd largest land mass with more numbers alot more in fact. could we not impose a 5 $a barrel export tax on oil to the us so that we can cover the cost of the new f...

Phenomenal!

bverwegen wrote:Talk about cloudy with a chance of meatballs haha

Baha!

Great article, Colonel - I had heard about them using meatballs in the past - neat to see how they've advanced things!

Colonel Sanders wrote: What original research has he published recently, and in
what areas? Publish or perish, goes the saying in Academia.

Here you go: Clicky

Yeah, I suppose you're right - I forgot how bad the military-industrial complex is with delivering on-time. Oh, and speaking of that... They're rushing the F-35 out the door without proper testing. Seems like the best bet for Canada, for sure! :roll: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/joint-str...

Hell by 2020 manned fighters will likely be replaced with manless equipment anyway. Its the same mindless people who bought those British yard sale Subs. I doubt you'll see an Unmanned Fighter by 2020. I can't really see the point in arguing about this anymore since the Conservatives are going to w...

Don't worry guys, Steve has your backs. There'll be plenty of prisons built around the country soon enough to take care of this "epidemic" that's sweeping the country.

According to the wiki: Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. And for this, Louis Riel was hanged for treason in Canada. If Riel committed treason, the Bloc Quebecois is far worse. No charges la...

When I was a rampie a few years ago, I got one of the co-pilots with this one: He called in on the radio to give his off/eta times, and I responded by asking him if he loaded the Henway on the plane before he left. Silence. I asked him again, stating that it was on the manifest, and I wanted to mak...

robertsailor1 wrote:Wow, from a group most people would consider intelligent.

You really haven't been paying attention, have you?

An explanation why many poor people seem to have a tendency to vote Conservative when it's obviously against their best interests: http://www.economist.com/node/21525851?frsc=dg Some of the important bit: Instead of opposing redistribution because people expect to make it to the top of the economic ...

Panama jack, Lazy pilots end up DEAD pilots. Professional pilots don't ask silly questions like that. Do some research. It is because of people like you that some pilots get deemed stupid. If you want to be a professional, be one. If your un-educated, go and get the required information. :lol: :lol...

That's a shame... I was hoping for something like this:

Brewguy wrote:As far as I'm concerned, a Constitutional Monarchy is just about the best system of government you can hope for.

You make a good point, Brewguy - definite food for thought.

the prince pay? HAHAHAHA riiiiight we're wasting over $2 million having them here to begin with.... I'm relatively anti-monarchy these days, but even I have to admit that they're probably bringing more than $2 million in benefits to Canada. I'm on vacation in PEI at the moment and they've drawn lot...