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Canadian Armed Forces Wallpape
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by SinisterSam on October 12th, 2006
formal Request for Proposal was issued to six aerospace companies in North America and Europe in September 1977. In November 1978, the government announced a short list of two contenders: the General Dynamics F-16, and the McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18. Following further detailed evaluations, the F/A-18 was selected, and a contract for 138 aircraft was concluded in April 1980, with the first two aircraft to be delivered in October 1982. Delivery of the final aircraft occurred in mid-1988.
The CF-18 originated in a design by U.S.-based Northrup Aircraft in the early 1970s for a versatile new combined interceptor/strike aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. Although the General Dynamics F-16 won that USAF competition, Northrup then joined with McDonnell-Douglas to revise their “YF-17” design into the F/A-18 and market it to the USN and USMC. In May 1975, the Navy announced that the F/A-18 was their choice for a new fighter/attack (hence the “F/A” preface) aircraft.
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Wintry view from Calgary Tower
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by WDHIII on October 11th, 2006
That'd be MY TOWN!
Nice pic Snork!
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La Ronde
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by TheBigGuy on October 11th, 2006
Great Place wanna go back
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tadoussac_by_night
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by TheBigGuy on October 11th, 2006
WoW
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Ottawa
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by Streaker on October 11th, 2006
LOL!
I'm guessing that the pic was taken from..... the roof of the old US embassy??
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tadoussac_by_night
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by JonasCanuck on October 10th, 2006
Bravo
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Ottawa
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by JonasCanuck on October 10th, 2006
Oh, I see, I misread the comment. My computer screen needs glasses!
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Ottawa
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by JonasCanuck on October 10th, 2006
I think it's good, but I'm curious to know where you were when you took it. Is it a secret?
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La Ronde
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by Arctic_Menace on October 10th, 2006
Le Monstre is the best one. :D I love La Ronde. It's so awesome. Montreal in general is awesome...
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La Ronde
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by Snorkmaiden on October 10th, 2006
Ooh, I wanna ride those!
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Ottawa
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by Streaker on October 9th, 2006
Looks like an AWACS alright. I didn't take the pic, though.
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Ottawa
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by JonasCanuck on October 8th, 2006
Where did you take this from? Is that a NATO AWACS 707?
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Ottawa
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by JonasCanuck on October 8th, 2006
Great picture. When they were building it I was pretty skeptical, but once completed I found walking through a very emotional experience. Now I think it's one of our best monuments. I think closeness to the National Gallery is accidental, but significant.
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Canadian Weapons
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by GhostDog3 on October 6th, 2006
Mario-C9 and C6 are missing in action.. That was the only pic whit allot of the guns together.
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LOL
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by LittleBastard on October 5th, 2006
LMAO!!!! As of 10/5/06 in PA we're down to $2.14US for 89oct and $2.43US for 93oct (the 93oct is what I have to use). That's the cheapest gas has been around here for over 6 months!!!
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