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CNE Air Show
- Thread starter Roy G Biv
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Air show was seriously underwhelming this year.
lenaitch
Senior Member
It's been many years since I've been, but it used to be a mix of military fast jets, tactical aircraft, SAR, civilian aerobatic, historic, etc. with often international participants other than the US. It seems lately the CAF limits it's participation to the dedicated air show teams (Snowbirds, Skyhawks, CF-18 demo flight) and perhaps the odd rotary unless the air show is at a home base of something else. International participation has a huge cost - I think the CNE was lucky to get the RAF team as part of their NA tour. The cost to get historic aircraft has likely become prohibitive and there are many other air shows around NA that can impact scheduling. The Atlantic air show at CFB Greenwood was on the same weekend.
someMidTowner
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RAF Red Arrows II
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Marcanadian
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Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
Toronto Air Show 2019 by Marcanadian, on Flickr
someMidTowner
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Admiral Beez
Superstar
It would have been cool if the Red Arrows and Snowbirds did a joint flyby. RAF and RCAF’s finest.
SubHuman
Active Member
The Lancaster from Hamilton will probably be flying past once or twice tomorrow (Saturday August 1). I think it tends to go to Toronto and Niagara Falls (one first, then across the lake to the other).
You should be able to see if/when it's coming on FlightRadar24 as CGVRA.
You should be able to see if/when it's coming on FlightRadar24 as CGVRA.
dbailey62
Active Member
It would have been cool if the Red Arrows and Snowbirds did a joint flyby. RAF and RCAF’s finest.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Not a bad airshow today.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Same again today. But I wish the CF-18 and F-35 would cool it with the afterburner roar. I’ve seen the Blue Angels up close in San Francisco and their dozen or more F-18s performed amazing aerobatics with regular engine power.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Single aircraft demonstration flights are different than multi-ship choreographed displays. The demo flights are more meant to show off the aircraft's capabilities. I watched the CF-18 in North Bay in June and it didn't strike me as all that loud (relatively speaking). Perhaps the sound rattles around more with the tall buildings.
I am told that the F-35 is a noisy bugger, afterburners or no.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
The RAF Red Arrows were very good. The RCAF should swap their ancient Tudors for the same BAe Hawks.
lenaitch
Senior Member
I often wondered why they didn't. Alas, the Hawks are now out of flying service anyway. They were 24 years old. Given the government's love for vintage equipment, they were mere adolescents, given that the Tudor is over 60 years old. They have a plan to replaced the Tudor but they have plans for a lot of things.
With the retirement of the Hawk, led-in fighter training is now happening in the US. They are "exploring options" for a replacement. One would think that should have been done before retirement but here we are.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
The RCAF Hawks were only leased, and would not have been available for the Snow Birds. However unlike the US Navy variant the T-45 Goshawk, the BAe Hawk is still in production in the UK and if we weren’t so tight could be purchased for the Snow Birds.