Comments on: YVR closes north runway after cargo plane skids into muddy ground  https://skiesmag.com/news/yvr-closes-north-runway-after-cargo-plane-skids-into-muddy-ground/ Aviation, Aerospace and Aircraft News Magazine Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:41:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Tony Brett https://skiesmag.com/news/yvr-closes-north-runway-after-cargo-plane-skids-into-muddy-ground/#comment-374112 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:41:37 +0000 https://skiesmag.com/?post_type=news&p=359774#comment-374112 Your magazine gives a nice coverage of the RCAF for its 100 year anniversary but with one glaring omission – the years of the CF-101. From the mid ’60’s to 1985 this aircraft was Canada’s contribution to NORAD and it and the CF-104 in Europe were the only two nuclear armed aircraft in the RCAF, with the exception of the Bomarc. I flew the 101 for 7 years – 4 operationally and 3 instructing. I don’t know why but the F-101 always get very little mention. That’s my little gripe.

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