Tagged: CF-188

Airshow / military / Royal Canadian Air Force

October 8, 2018

Airshow London 2018

Airshow London 2018 7-8 September 2018 London International Airport, Ontario, Canada I attended Airshow London 2018 at London International Airport, in Ontario Canada, on 7 & 8 September 2018. For reference – London is about 116 miles/186 km...

air force / military / Special Color Schemes

July 27, 2017

“Hornet 1” Theme is Canada 150 Tribute in 2017

If you are anything like me, I enjoy seeing special paint schemes on fighter aircraft. Arguably, nobody is doing it better and more consistently than than the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Every year before the airshow season starts...

air force / Airshow / fighters / military / Royal Canadian Air Force

July 1, 2015

A Behind the Scenes Look at the 2015 RCAF CF-18 Demonstration Team

It’s one of the more anticipated acts of the air show. As the CF-188 leaves the chocks, pulls out of the ramp area and taxis to the runway, heads turn to admire the jets’ magnificent paint scheme- a mural...

air force / Airshow / demo teams / fighters / World War II

June 6, 2015

The Royal Canadian Air Force Commemorates The “Few” In Style

The Battle of Britain occurred 75 years ago, and numerous events to commemorate that epic battle are taking place around the world in 2015. Winston Churchill described the airmen that fought their German Luftwaffe foes as the “Few”...