>Is that CF-18 as in "Canadian Forces" as the Canadian version
>of the F-18 is known?
Yes. Beautiful paint job on it too. What an incredible
routine. He did manouvers that I haven't seen since 1981 when
the F16 was first being shown off.
He did a square-cornered loop where he didn't pull up until the
very last instance and completed the loop no more than a hundred
feet off the ground. He did more straight up and straight down
manouvers than Leo Lagenslager (RIP) did.
Another "Leo" type of stunt was the knife-edge loop. This was
all rudder and exhaust nozzle. This stunt is easy in a Pitts
(as long as it's to the left), but must be a totally different
dynamic in a jet. (plane does a loop like standard loop, except
the wings are 90 degrees to the horizon).
AG
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