I'll keep the thread updated on the status of the flight over the city today. It was supposed to takeoff at 11am, and be over the city for approximately 20 minutes.
Have they blasted off at all today since it cleared up? We headed to the airport this morning around 10:30am, but assumed they'd likely cancel due to the low ceiling. Sure enough, they fired it up on the ramp at the Skyservice hangar and simply taxied'er on over to the SAIT ramp, presumably to prepare for the demonstration tomorrow and the next day.
Anybody know what time take-off is for tomorrow and where a good spot is to watch from?
I'm unsure as to the planned departure time, but the best spot to take a peek will depend on which runway's in use at the time. The viewing area off McKnight (near the Wendy's/Tim Horton's) is likely the best bet, as they'll likely be blasting off of either 16 to the south, or 34 to the north. In either case, the viewing area's a solid choice.
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While on the subject of the mighty B-17: vintage training video from the war, demonstrating many of the actual operating procedures and whatnot. Cool and amusing at the same time.
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The B-17 has repositioned over to the Shell Aerocentre and is currently fueling up. They appear to be ahead of the schedule Ironhorse mentioned, so departure may be before 11.
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A sad day at the QC Air Show yesterday, as one of the 3 jets in the Hoppers L-39 jet trainer demonstration team crashed during the show. The pilot was killed, but the crash wasn't near the crowd at least. The weather was pretty rough yesterday, with the remnants of Isaac coming through. The Thunderbirds were scheduled to fly later, but did not because of the low ceiling. They're currently saying weather wasn't a factor in the crash, but its pretty early to know. Air show flying is a dangerous life, that's for sure.
There hasn't been a fatal crash at the QCAS since 1992 when a Harrier crashed on takeoff, and that was the day after the last day of the show when it was leaving the airport.
That looks like contact was made between the two. Those L39's are deathtraps, any fast jet without a bang seat is, imo. Sad to see.
It definitely had an ejection seat, because the SWAT team had to be called out to detonate it in the field where it went in because it was too unstable to move. From what I was reading about the L39, the seats are so unreliable that many pilots just leave the safety pins in so they don't get randomly ejected.
A friend I went to college with was telling be back in like 2005ish that his dad worked at this place that rehabs various Soviet bloc aircraft to sell to rich folks, and they also make a ton of money renting out their services as aggressors against the US military. Hhe told me that the company had 2 Mig-29s, but I didn't believe him. When I was looking into the company after this crash, I found this article which confirms that this little company in southern Illinois has the only 2 privately owned Mig-29s in the world.
It definitely had an ejection seat, because the SWAT team had to be called out to detonate it in the field where it went in because it was too unstable to move. From what I was reading about the L39, the seats are so unreliable that many pilots just leave the safety pins in so they don't get randomly ejected.
Oic. Lots of these flying around without. Really hard for private pilots to get bang seats.
