Why did two CF18's just fly by my house

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by IhateDomestic
10,000 to see it?...

....tuition (I think)

[jutes]

Originally posted by The_Rural_Juror
Nice photos. What does that say? "NHOTM"??

Our Squadron is called the Nighthawks, and NHOTM stands for NightHawk of the month. The Pilots with their callsigns are painted on the otherside.

I didn't know that there would be a fly past for the parade tomorrow.

[5fivespeed]

Yep should be his tution. Man Nismo - if you paid 10,000 that's nothing compared to the 15,000 I paid for the same course you did haha! The aircraft look much more used now since you were there .

[Supa Dexta]

Its the salt and road grime from the winter.

[JC522]

reminds me of Jetstream on discovery, wish i saw them today

[dubbster]

dat der plane is back up in the air

[hampstor]

I wonder how effective it really is to paint the cockpit on the bottom of the CF18.

It supposedly is there to disorient opposing fighters - however it seems similar to a gun pointed at you that is sideways vs. right side up. Maybe it's supposed to be gangsta?

Edit: nm I just realized that fighters are more effective in 'look down / shoot down'. It tries to trick the opposing fighter to move in to a shooting position for the CF18 in a dogfight.

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by Jay911
Turns out it is practice for a parade tomorrow for the "Freedom of the City" event, whatever that is.

Flew by my place about an hour ago. SO loud

[alloroc]

Look down shoot down is harder but that has nothing to do with it.

They paint that so that if they do a head on pass the enemy thinks the bottom is the top. Mostly used in dogfight competitions.

Most pilots are trained to turn into an opponent to make the fight a one circle fight. The Canadians often make the fight a two circle fight because the enemy is expecting the CF-18 to appear about a 1/4 way through the lead turn. In fact they have turned the other way. When the enemy is gawking through the top of the cockpit trying to find the CF-18 the CF-18 is gaining angles.
_Lose sight lose the fight.

[5fivespeed]

Haha, those CF18's were shaking our hangars all day today. AMAZING how they can do that.

[nadroj23]

Originally posted by jutes
Incase anyone is interested, here are a few pics of your tax dollars at work.











AAR over Hawaii

Tax Dollars well spent IMO I would love a ride in one of those :S

[BlackArcher101]

Badass pics Jutes