Archive for 2020

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296Daily – Boarding

by CI Horton on May 3, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296daily – Is there a better way to load an aircraft with passengers? Mythbusters attempt several innovative ways #sundayFunday his video is a great example of problem solving, testing hypothesis

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296Daily – Parachute Vehicle Drop

by CI Horton on May 2, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Paratroopers will tell you attention to detail is vital to their success. Trust in their training, their equipment and in their peers is vital to success.This video shows what happens when that fails. Vehicles being airdropped by parachute from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily – Paratroopers

by CI Horton on May 1, 2020 at 9:00 am
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This video shows the intense preparations for a static jump from a C-130. Troops from the Third Batallion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry ( Abbreviated as 3 PPCLI) Jump on a cold day in Alberta – preparing for a jump […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – the Super Hornet

by CI Horton on April 30, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is one of the aircraft in the Canadian FFCP selection. With dual engines, upgraded systems and being 25 % larger than the original Hornet. Flown by the US Navy, Australia and Kuwait. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet Here […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – the F35

by CI Horton on April 29, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily  the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is one of the aircraft in the Canadian FFCP selection. With internal weapons bays, stealth capability and a single powerful engine. Flown by the US, UK, Denmark, Poland, Japan and several other nations. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Gripen

by CI Horton on April 28, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – the Saab JAS 39Gripen is one of the aircraft in the Canadian FFCP selection. With a large delta wing and canards on the front and a single powerful engine. Flown by Sweden, South Africa, Hungary, Brazil and Thailand. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Future Fighter

by CI Horton on April 27, 2020 at 9:00 am
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#296Daily – The Future Fighter Capability Project – Canada is now reviewing candidate aircraft and systems for what will replace the CF-188 Hornet as Canada’s multi role fighter. Five Aircraft and companies were in the running, and that is now down […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily – The Chinook

by CI Horton on April 26, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Canada’s heavy lift helicopter – First built in the 1960’s, and continually improved – it continues production today ( along with the Hercules) as brilliant, almost timeless designs. Able to lift 10,000 kg of cargo, carry 55 troops or 24 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – the Accidental Fighter pilot

by CI Horton on April 25, 2020 at 9:00 am
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In 1966, an RAF engineer, William ‘Taff’ Holden, accidentally flew the a Lightning Interceptor. While carrying out a ground test, he inadvertently activated the aircraft’s afterburners, and was forced to take off. The Lightning was an incredibly fast aircraft – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296Daily – Battle of Kapyong – Apr 24 1951 – the PPCLI

by CI Horton on April 24, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Sometimes a small unit action has massive consequences. For the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion – this day would begin with them massively outnumbered and risking being overrun. They would in a last desperate gamble call for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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