C-130J in Canada
Read all about it in this profoundly silly story. The "...Swedish coast guard aircraft..." really have me worried.
Note the photo of the vicious-looking C-130J. Then check out virtually the same photo at this site; in fact the plane is just using its anti-missile defensive countermeasures. But, since the prop only has four blades, it might just be this plane (third at left).
And the planes mentioned are turboprops, not jets--but what's a Canadian journalist to know?
More at a comment thread at Army.ca.
Update: Further research shows that the photo in the Sun is of a British C-130J (second at left). Spooky. And I don't think the Sun knew it. There is a prize (only by acknowledgment) for the person who identifies the jape.
Note the photo of the vicious-looking C-130J. Then check out virtually the same photo at this site; in fact the plane is just using its anti-missile defensive countermeasures. But, since the prop only has four blades, it might just be this plane (third at left).
And the planes mentioned are turboprops, not jets--but what's a Canadian journalist to know?
More at a comment thread at Army.ca.
Update: Further research shows that the photo in the Sun is of a British C-130J (second at left). Spooky. And I don't think the Sun knew it. There is a prize (only by acknowledgment) for the person who identifies the jape.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 9:23 a.m.
1 Comments:
The money quote from that Army.ca thread:
"Imagine the panic that will ensue when Mr Godfrey learns that we routinely land in small airports all over the country for unpublicized activities such as refuelling and eating lunch."
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