F-18 drops in at Wiarton

So a fellow coworker, Kevin Doubt passed these pictures on to me from a visit to the Wiarton airport over the weekend; it seems that a local boy in the Forces, was given the keys to one of the F-18's (mom and dad were probably away for the weekend) and dropped in at the airport for a private airshow. I seem to have a knack for missing all the cool aircraft that  drop by here unexpectedly (last time it was one of Canada's new C-17's) but to add insult to
 injury, Kevin even got to sit in the cockpit.

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Kevin calls shotgun.

Kevin tells me this one was taking just before he lit her up. He really knows how to rub my nose in it.

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You won't see this at an American airshow

This is what I like about living/flying in Canada-this guy flies his F-18 into an uncontrolled, middle -of-nowhere (sorry Wiartonians but you are) airport, lets the local enthusiasts check it out up close and probably parked it there over night without a security detail. Tell me that's going to happen at an American airport-I couldn't even snap off a few photos of some 30 year old jet fighters the last time I passed an American airbase.

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Business end of the F-18

I guess nobody told him he's parked in my spot.

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A dubious Nickname

I'm not sure if my nickname was "shitter" that I'd be proudly announcing that on the side of my jet fighter but then I guess no one is really going to make fun of someone with access to Canada's preferred attack jet.

Note to Dan the pilot-Dan, I just got told the real story by one of your friends and I take back my comments above. Dec 31 2010

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