Sitting in the Seat of a Fighter Pilot
Air Force Articles
November 1, 2007
The CF-18 fighter jet cockpit that will tour the nation.
By Jenn Gearey
You're at an altitude of 11,000 feet, flying at more than 2,000 km/hour. Your body is shaking as the adrenaline rushes through your hands and you launch a missile to attack an enemy aircraft just ahead.
In a few short weeks Canadians are going to have the opportunity to sit in a CF-18 fighter jet cockpit and imagine just that kind of scenario. Part of a ‘Connecting with Canadians' initiative, the Canadian Forces will be touring cross-country with a CF-18 cockpit.
"We only had a T-33 Silver Star, a CF-5 Freedom Fighter and two CT-114 Tutor cockpits, and we've been asking for a CF-18 Hornet for awhile," says Mr. Jian Chen, Warehouse Manager of the Exhibits and Display Division at the Department of National Defence (DND) in Ottawa. "It's a modern aircraft and spare parts off of old ones were still being used by the Air Force, so it was hard to get."
Full story
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/news_e.asp?id=4734
Air Force Articles
November 1, 2007
By Jenn Gearey
You're at an altitude of 11,000 feet, flying at more than 2,000 km/hour. Your body is shaking as the adrenaline rushes through your hands and you launch a missile to attack an enemy aircraft just ahead.
In a few short weeks Canadians are going to have the opportunity to sit in a CF-18 fighter jet cockpit and imagine just that kind of scenario. Part of a ‘Connecting with Canadians' initiative, the Canadian Forces will be touring cross-country with a CF-18 cockpit.
"We only had a T-33 Silver Star, a CF-5 Freedom Fighter and two CT-114 Tutor cockpits, and we've been asking for a CF-18 Hornet for awhile," says Mr. Jian Chen, Warehouse Manager of the Exhibits and Display Division at the Department of National Defence (DND) in Ottawa. "It's a modern aircraft and spare parts off of old ones were still being used by the Air Force, so it was hard to get."
Full story
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/news_e.asp?id=4734
