Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999)

Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by krisgee on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @09:24AM (#7772378)

I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets when I was younger and took the Survival Instructor Course. We were only on base one night out of the week (Saturday night for Sunday morning review, then back inna woods) I remember one of the weeks the CF-18s were paying us a visit and doing flights at all hours. It was pretty awful at the time because that was your one guaranteed good night of sleep a week but I do remember being enchanted by the whine of the engines spooling.

Shame I was colour blind and didn't get told till I was 15 (at which point my career choices were Astronaut, Fighter Pilot, SAR helicopter pilot).

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Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by stan_rogers on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @10:31AM (#7772711)

That's depressing, that is. I was in the Forces when the 18s came online; Voodoos, 104s and 5s were current when I joined, and there were still a few Clunks in special trim doing real work. I suddenly feel old. And the Sea Kings I worked on are still in service. We got them when I was 3.

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Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) by krisgee on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:12PM (#7775976)

That's interesting! I worked at the CSA for awhile as one of my co-op internships and my supervisor would tell stories (mostly horror) about the big purchase of CF-18s and vetting all the code in the flight computer and such.

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