In Canada, F-18's kiss the ground :)

[antigen]

Holy crap!!

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739045.jpg

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739046.jpg

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739047.jpg

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739190.jpg


Link to Picture Set (http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes)


Link to Video (http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/07/23/vo.ca.jet.crash.globalnews&hpt=C1)

Youtube:
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[Drayu]

when was that? and did they say why?

[EANeuspeed]

Wow, he was very lucky he ejected from an angle.

[SoupyC]

He's lucky he got a few swings in on that chute before he hit the ground...

[Crotch-Rot]

that's a great airshow stunt, albeit expensive to perform on a regular basis!

[SnaKe]

that's a great airshow stunt, albeit expensive to perform on a regular basis!:lol:

It was on Friday the 23rd.

[Innocent-Bystander]

This plane just went through a $2.9 BILLION Dollar upgrade???? Are Canadian dollars like worth only .27 US cents?

[Kriv]

that's a great airshow stunt, albeit expensive to perform on a regular basis!

:spank:

[sir_digalot]

oops stalled *LOL*

i love the sequence of pics, though i want to see the one where the pilot does actually land in the fireball. kinda what those pictures suggest.

[antigen]

oops stalled *LOL*

i love the sequence of pics, though i want to see the one where the pilot does actually land in the fireball. kinda what those pictures suggest.

Watch the video... he lands close, but not in the fireball at all.

[sir_digalot]

yeah i know but what with the stall, an all then heading towards a fireball, i wonder if he crapped his pants...

like YAY i am safe i havea rocket chair!
BOOO i am falling towards the mess i just made
YAY i missed!
BOOO i got hit by the fire truck....

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

This plane just went through a $2.9 BILLION Dollar upgrade???? Are Canadian dollars like worth only .27 US cents?
Seriously, WTF

He must have meant 2 million... there's no way it's worth billions.

[Tykwer]

This plane just went through a $2.9 BILLION Dollar upgrade???? Are Canadian dollars like worth only .27 US cents?

Wow, that's a throw back comment to when the US dollar lorded over the Canadian dollar and we all joked that their money was equivalent to monopoly money. Those were the days. Military hardware is crazy expensive, though from what I read I think that nearly 3 billion payed for the fleet to be "upgraded" rather than for just that jet.

[Leadfoot]

Seriously, WTF

He must have meant 2 million... there's no way it's worth billions.

I think they meant the F18 in general... as in all of the F18s in the Canadian airforce. Or... maybe not considering they must have just lost all of them in that crash.

In any case, I read somewhere that the Canadians are bringing in F-35s to replace their old planes.

[Crotch-Rot]

And crashing them is how they get rid of old stock. =)

[Innocent-Bystander]

And crashing them is how they get rid of old stock. =)

wonder if they had more than liability coverage

[sir_digalot]

they need to make them out of rubber so they bounce