C-17 Flyby in YQT
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AEROMONKEY
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C-17 Flyby in YQT
Was at work today when i saw this badboy approaching on 25...what a site...it didn't land but did a nice extremely slow looking flyby. Thanks to the Military for the brief look!
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Yep, beauty aircraft. Had about half a dozen through YFB this year.
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maybe a former Confedy grad doin a pass ?
when we had class at the former hangar a grad did a fast ground-effect run down 12 in a Tutor and pull it to the vertical for the students at the button of 30 !
when we had class at the former hangar a grad did a fast ground-effect run down 12 in a Tutor and pull it to the vertical for the students at the button of 30 !
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The C-17 is in town for a mock exercise. Did I nice flyby touched down / came to a stop shortly after the 500 footers. Left obvious markings upon touchdown and it's entire breaking period... down 25, was a very interesting site. It did a short take off as well, which was quite entertaining. Should be back a few more times this weekend. The grads were not Confed graduates, they just decided to do a nice pass as it's the AC firt time arriving in YQT.
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taxes at work...it's really nice. Now don't complain about your high taxes, they should be higher so we could have a real feet of those toys, not just 4.
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Stoptheworld
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A big thank you to the boys and girls of the 429 for their fly-by here in YQL on November 11th. It was a great addition to our Remembrance Day ceremonies and their participation was greatly appreciated. Thanks too for the job you do every day!
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http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/index.p ... &Itemid=26Stoptheworld wrote:A big thank you to the boys and girls of the 429 for their fly-by here in YQL on November 11th. It was a great addition to our Remembrance Day ceremonies and their participation was greatly appreciated. Thanks too for the job you do every day!
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mrsapproach
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Our son was on that flight to Lethbridge for the November 11 parade. He is an aviation tech for the DND and part of squandron 429 and loves his job. I have been fortunate to see that baby take off in Trenton and wow what a sight.... Thanks to all the people who serve and protect us!!
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Had one land 15 in YZF and almost make Alfa without the backtrack. That's 1400 feet down from the threshold. I think it was grounding 90 kts. With roll-out it was about 2000 feet landing distance.
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All I can say is...its about fu.king time, after many years of neglecting our military, finally a government that sees the need for outfit our volunteer Service Men and Women!pilotbzh wrote:taxes at work...it's really nice. Now don't complain about your high taxes, they should be higher so we could have a real feet of those toys, not just 4.
They do a damn good good with what they got, often beating, in competitions, those with more 'modern high tech equipment' and now they can do even better.
Hats off to our Troops!
