Canadian International Air Show 2015 RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demo

• published: 09 Sep 2015
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RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demo 2015 Canadian International Air show Lake Ontario/ Marilyn Bell Park Toronto, Ontario Sunday, September 6, 2015 Hello everyone! Finally, here is the RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demo team returning on Sunday to the action at the Canadian International Air Show. I decided to upload Sunday's show because on Saturday, after performing the high speed pass, HORNET 2, the back up Hornet called terminate and flew back after a final fly by to Toronto Pearson Int'l. The cause was an engine issue that was observed by Cheech. And to make matters even worse, the Demo Hornet was grounded from Friday, since some issue happened with it during the practice and Cheech nearly had to eject. So a 3rd back up Hornet was flown in from Bagotville, Quebec or Cold Lake, Alberta to do the show. I was disappointed because I am a huge RAF fan, and this year's paint scheme was the 75th Anniversary and Commemoration of the Battle of Britain and my only chance to see this years Demo Hornet was in Toronto and it broke down last minute. But any ways, at least we had a Hornet to do the demo, better Hornet than no Hornet in all fairness. HORNET 2 was cleared in with surface to 10,000 feet from the show boss. He started the demo with a medium to high speed pass from behind. This was followed up by an inverted pass, cuban eight, double five-forty degree roll, square loop, top side pass, minimum radius turn, and dirty inverted pass. This was a bit different than the USN F/A-18C Hornet Demo since the Canadian Hornet was inverted and also extended his nose probe. HORNET 2 continued with a high alpha pass and then a high speed pass from behind on full afterburner, climbing straight up into the vertical. He returned for another high speed pass from the left followed by a photo pass, a salute pass right over head from the waterfront and then a wing wave with Cheech saying "Toronto give me a wave!" He then exited the shore line to the right and headed back. Great work by the RCAF CF-18 Hornet Crew who were able to get a Hornet in the air on this day. Great show performance! © CenturyHornet-TorontoAviation 2015 Please Like, Comment, Rate, Subscribe and Enjoy!!