CF-18 Ejection - Page 3

JJ 911SC · JJ 911SC's Garage

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Originally Posted by andrew15

The 'after' pic
Spotted when I was in Lethbridge yesterday:

Good work Andrew. Did you sale the photos to the "Local Enquirers"?

Eric Coffey · 07-31-2010, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

Not the plane that crashed...no way, no how.

Wanna bet?

It's obviously an F18 on the flatbed. If it wasn't the crashed AC in question, it would have to be another F18 that suffered a flatbed-worthy incident, in the same locale (Lethbridge, Canada), within the same time period. Highly unlikely.

old man neri · 07-31-2010, 08:11 AM

Here is a pic of the jet after the fire was put out.

CBC Image Gallery

I hope the link works.

maxnine11 · maxnine11's Garage

The crash occurred on Friday.
I have photos of that particular F-18 and pilot Wednesday evening.
(obviously, he was having a better day)

andrew15 · 07-31-2010, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

Not the plane that crashed...no way, no how.

What makes you think that?

It was the plane that crashed - my taxi driver said they had been bundling it up and loading it on the truck for the past few days and it seemed the plane was a bit of a land mark the past week for the small community

Here's the a picture after the fire was out:

I was driving past the rig, so I couldn't get a side shot of the whole trailer, but there was the tail section at the back, a large part of the fuselage at the front and the proverbial 100 bags of stuff in between - all budled in tarps from Canadian Tire.

The truck was all white with no markings and probably a leased unit, but was being driven by a couple of Canadian Forces guys in the green disruptive pattern camos.

I suspect that it was on it's way to Cold Lake for a re-fit :

Regards,
Andrew M

Seahawk · 07-31-2010, 11:06 AM

Well, not anymore...I am wrong. Based on all of my past accident investigation work, I couldn't imagine the empannage holding together.

Old dogs need new tricks....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

Wanna bet?

It's obviously an F18 on the flatbed. If it wasn't the crashed AC in question, it would have to be another F18 that suffered a flatbed-worthy incident, in the same locale (Lethbridge, Canada), within the same time period. Highly unlikely.

T77911S · 08-02-2010, 06:11 AM

i got to go thru a hanger that had the remains of an F-?, dont remember, back around 90. it was kind a eerie when i stopped at the table that had his glasses and the seat, he did not make it BTW.