RCAF Fighter Procurement

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Slick Goodlin
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...but not the current one. Check out this program about our eventual F-18 purchase from back in 1978:



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David MacRay
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They should have bought those Cobras.
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Slick Goodlin
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David MacRay wrote: ↑
Fri May 07, 2021 2:38 am
 They should have bought those Cobras.
Interesting how they called them that, I wonder if the Hornet name hadn’t been applied to the design yet. The F-17 from which the F-18 was derived was unofficially called the Cobra, maybe it was in the running at one point as a smaller, cheaper alternative and some wires got crossed in the reporting.

I like the interview with the Grumman guy where he basically says the Tomcat is the wrong plane for you but we’ll sell you as many as you want.
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Wanting steak on a hot dog budget.

Sounds very familiar over the years...
SeaKing replacement, F35’s, etc...
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Slick Goodlin
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A little blurb from a couple years later about the winner of the contract and its perceived teething troubles:
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