Two RCAF CF-18s Full Burner Unrestricted Departure at Vancouver Airport.

[@mr.l2182]

Nice to see both of our planes running

[@palette_1563]

Trudeau sold the rest and pocketed the $$

[@sirse4492]

Holy sh*t your comment killed me! thank you for the early morning laugh!

[@brendafedi891]

Hahahahaha!!!! I’m peeing!!! Good one! 👍

[@hunterblack6937]

Can you imagine a Canada where the Avro Arrow wouldn’t of been canceled due to it being too good…with all of its engineers subsequently whisked away into American military industrial complex programs…

[@timhiscox4350]

LOL

[@I_identify_as_a_human]

I worked at YVR a few years ago in wildlife management and got to see this at night. ATC asked the pilots for a show. Seeing two of these planes side by side take off at night and hitting the afterburners a few feet off the ground was an amazing sight.

[@RobertHunt-y8n]

12 years as a Technician on the F-18 and no, it never gets old watching a full burner takeoff

[@sneakybastardmusic]

thank you for your service.

[@christophermair3349]

How Old is this Aircraft?

[@OptimusWombat]

@@christophermair3349 could be a little over 40 years depending on when it was delivered.

[@frostycools1315]

no burners on lol you people

[@ant-1382]

I agree, live right next to CFB Comox see them all the time. Always stop to watch.

[@proudcanadian67]

I love watching vintage flypasts.

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

lol

[@3Quils72]

I caught these two just after they landed. I was at the outlet mall in North Face and heard them. Only a fighter jet sounds like a fighter jet! A bit of brain work and I sussed them out at the Skyservice apron and took a couple of quick phone photos and I also had a very quick hello with two of the pilots as well. All in all, a good day!

[@citibear57]

Well done, eye trapper! I enjoyed how smoothly you followed the two CF-18's steep ascent into the sky. Excellent!👍

[@Don_ECHOguy]

These 18's are looking a little grungy, but still one of the best multi roll aircraft that were ever made.

[@mhart9279]

grungy like all working fighter jets. go to a US air base where they have hundreds of 15's, 18 & 35's and you'll easily tell which ones fly and the ones that dont. Heard these guys fly over head at 1:00-ish am when they flew over my house on the island.

[@Kraken_Mybutt]

1980s garbage. it's embarrassing

[@ajcook7777]

damn this is pretty bad though... they look like they've never been painted....ever...

[@FroggerQ101]

These are 410 Cougars, i think of them as Driver's School cars, cannot expect them to always be shiny and without scratches, they are for training purposes. But yeah i presume most operative ones can get some love, but it gets to a point that the paint itself might cost more of the value of our aging Hornets in an ironic joke style reply.

[@sandorski56]

Grunge adds to Stealth. Or something.

[@BertVermeerSailing]

Nicely shot (very steady), nicely edited. Yes, the 18s look tired, but still awesome to see. Two of them visited Victoria last week, I happen to be right under the approach path. A true war bird! Thanks for posting.

[@jacplanespotting314]

Excellent closeups....and camera work - Bravo!

[@squangan]

When I see these CF-18s I always thing of 1982-85 vintage vehicles which were on new car lots when these entered service. When I was a kid in 1984 I saw these same planes for the first time at an air show. They should have been replaced long ago, kudos to the pilots and techs for keeping them in the air.

[@brendawright5899]

I agree. Who iust going to pay for that? you? I doubt it. You will bitch and holler about any tax increase

[@wills.5762]

Equipment, especially military, has an incredibly long service life. The B52 will be 100 years old when its retired, and most 4th generation fighters will be 60+ by the time they're retired. F18 is still one of the deadliest birds in the sky and a very capable jet.

[@markboucher5776]

Exactly…Just like the F-35 Canada will be acquiring will be F-35 in name only compared to the first ones Stephen Harper looked at.

[@beyondfossil]

Thanks for the vid. Amazing clarity on this camera and lens!

[@TheUnforgiven69]

As a retired RCAF 25 year F18 pilot/instructor who went on to fly tubes of shame (Commercial Boeing 737 mostly) before retiring at 58 I can only say this never gets old. Call me biased, (I never flew the two seater Super) but I think the F18 Legacy Hornet is perhaps the most beautiful sexy fighter ever built.

[@ronbelanger4113]

Tubes of shame, absolutely perfect. Thanks for your service!

[@TheUnforgiven69]

@@ronbelanger4113 No thank you, and glad you got a chuckle. It's like going from driving a Porsche to a nice slow comfy Greyhound bus.

[@la_old_salt2241]

​@TheUnforgiven69 Great analogy sir.

[@TheUnforgiven69]

@@la_old_salt2241 👍

[@dootdoot1867]

A clean slick F16.

[@NeoclassicalRadagast]

Thanks for sharing, that was awesome.

[@Andysunflower]

Nice show they put on at YVR with these fighters for everybody to hear. And great close-up up shots of the pilots get in the cockpit. Nice video.

[@samac_schnitzers3454]

This sounds never gets old & gave me back some memories of Norfolk VA 🇺🇸. The Biggest Naval Station of the World!

[@JelmersAviation]

Wonderful video man!

[@mylosairplanefan]

Incredible video, loved the close-up shots too. Well done!

[@Springer_maniac]

I was constructing the new hangar doors at inotech aviation on the south side of that airport in the late 70’s when a huge roar got my attention, an F104 Star fighter was taking off and it just went straight up off the runway till it disappeared into a blue sunny sky, that was something!🤯 thanks for getting such a great vid of these 2 jets brought back that memory!👍

[@kyleflemming9182]

Damn those things look tired.

[@squangan]

40 year old jet fighters, it’s amazing they’re still in the air.

[@howardfrench3869]

@@squangan Lots of countries fly these and older jets. Our neighbors to the south have hundreds and hundreds of older jets.

[@rogerbrandt6678]

@@howardfrench3869and they look good, Canadas a shithole now.

[@squangan]

@@howardfrench3869 Not as their only line of defense front line fighters they don’t.

[@brucecaron2776]

@@squangan USA got older jets then canada , heres a list "B-52H Stratofortress (1955)" KC-135R/T Stratotanker (1957)" U-2S Dragon Lady (1957)" T-38A/C Talon (1961)" F-5F/N Tiger II (1965)" C-5M Super Galaxy (1970)" E-3 Sentry (1977) "F-16 Fighting Falcon (1978) "F/A-18A Hornet (1985)" E-6B Mercury (1989)"

[@stevegoad4133]

I am an electrician and in the early 1980s I was working on the air traffic control tower at the Abbotsford airport the day before the air show. There was lots of taxiing and positioning going on and then a British Harrier warmed up and took off vertically. To the surprise of us tradesmen in the control room the pilot maneuvered to within 100 feet of the windows then did 90 degree spins in slow mo then some dips and jumps then backed away to the main taxiway, jumped higher and transitioned to fast forward. I can never forget that. Looking straight at a smiling pilot across the nose of a Harrier.

[@flyoverfredusa]

they need a wash ! great vid man, unbelievable image quality 😃

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

The radar absorbent paint they are covered in has a rough surface, very hard to keep clean... free cammo!

[@calvinnickel9995]

@JohnHill-qo3hb The Americans have no trouble.

[@ranishkA123]

@@calvinnickel9995 The US fly the super hornets. RCAF still fly the old regular F-18C hornets.

[@barriemurdock5376]

They are fighter aircraft, not shiny showroom models. They do not want to be seen. 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🚀

[@momsterzz]

I wonder how many nearby YVR residents complained about the noise 🙄

[@maximusdecimusmeridius_1]

Love your outro music. Nicely done

[@malcolmbrown9266]

Fantastic! Early 70s I used to see the Voodoos take off like that at YOW. They’d make a slow take off run from Uplands airforce base next door to the YOW terminal and at the end of the runway go pretty much vertical!

[@mouseandryforever6848]

Thanks for capturing

[@BogWraith1]

Awesome!! Well done trapper!

[@dashcan8479]

Great clarity of this video at YVR. Feels like you are there.

[@nybotor1]

It's always exciting when Hornets are cleared to do an unrestricted climb, great video!

[@patallen5095]

A sight we don't get to see hardly enough!! I'm sure anyone in that tower were doing high fives to each other watching those birds in full afterburner!! Canada needs to give our pilots some proper fighters to fly!! Thanks for the capture! Beautiful!!! 👍

[@boomerdiorama]

I worked here in the early nineties when this FBO was called "Esso Avitat" run by Dick Wilton. We were the number one FBO in Canada for two years. We had the Airforce contract then as well with these F-18's, F-5's and Tutors. Cool to see it almost thirty years later. Cheers. 😁

[@mattfromyvr]

Fantastic camera work!

[@jeffho1727]

I had just joined the reserves in 1990 and was in gagetown for summer Ex. As we were working on our trenches, two CF18 roared in at treetop level ( or lower, who knows) on afterburner. Judge shows up , says your all dead , you should have took cover but we were all standing looking going WOW!!

[@notlikely4468]

NATO FallEx 83 "We get killed more often before 6 AM then most people get killed all day"

[@alexeitrebounskikh5920]

I was fortunate to see the Concorde landing at YVR in 1999. Had to check several times that I was not dreaming.

[@jamesblair9614]

Maybe they were dirty, but they sounded great, the bit of crackle from the afterburners really stirs something in me, I hope somewhere there was a young guy watching who had the same reaction.

[@jacktoy3032]

I was a passenger, about 15 years ago, in an AC CRJ that was immediately behind a CF-18 and watched it take off from the Winnipeg airport. Had a similar experience but with four NG F-16s taking off from the Madison, WI airport.

[@YourNaturalGoddess]

Thats was a treat!....Amazing how you followed those crazy fast planes!!!! Absolutely❤ Love your video!!!!....🌛🌕🌜

[@jameshorvath-lu5mr]

That's Kick ass!!!!

[@brucehobbs1734]

Nice to see a post from you.

[@afulhouse]

Cool. Thanks

[@bikeracer6045]

Them CF-18's look 'war weary' ?!?! badd ass plane.

[@ww3k]

WOW! 😍

[@62Cristoforo]

There’s nothing like seeing and feeling one scream past you full throttle about 100 feet off the runway, from Scarborough Bluffs to YTZ in about 5 seconds.

[@glenryan6569]

When we were kids growing up on Vancouver Island CFB Comox was and still is a military base. Back in the early 70s you could go out almost any night and the Voodoos would be doing full after burner take offs and touch and go full after burner take offs. Never forget the the flames and noise. Even got to see a Voodoo crash into the ocean a few hundred feet off shore, both ejected one landed in a tree and one landed in the water. Both ok. Cool to see.

[@stevebennett3012]

Excellent captures, ET! Is the extra fuel tank under the fuselage? Are those real missiles on the wings?

[@momsterzz]

You had those locked in 👌🏽 beauty footage

[@TimothyWestPhotography]

phenomenal video quality...wow :)

[@susanmeredith4957]

Wow!

[@keefr22]

Excellent!!!

[@bsmith1164]

Tower and Departure always enjoy an unrestricted F-18 climb. I remember when they first started coming to YVR. It was surprising how docile they were on final and how much better climb performance they had over the Voodoos they replaced.

[@barrylinkiewich9688]

I always enjoy watching the difference between a US Navy carrier pilot landing and an air force pilot. The navy guys just hurl em at the tarmac while air force gentle them in for a soft touch, gotta respect anyone who will fly on and off a boat but I can't imagine it's too good for them.

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

Incredible takeoff and nice glow at golden hour with the CF-18 Hornet ✨😎

[@rongibson6281]

Great video. thanks.

[@takeoffsandlanding]

Amazing!

[@johnmclaren7059]

Gotta love our Canadian fly boys eh 🇨🇦👍great video also !!!!

[@kylechapman710]

Too cool.

[@lucianonisi6987]

I like that they are armed with 2 sidewinder missiles, as they should be when flying in Canada.

[@avroarchitect1793]

the blue bands indicate that they are dummy missiles.

[@woody5109]

Worked at the cold lake base for two years, these birds are okay in a straight line, just didn’t make any sudden turns. Built in the 60s, long past their “best before date”

[@kentgregory3299]

The Hornet completed it's first flight in 1978. Canada started receiving their Hornets in late 1982. The USN and USMC started receiving in 83 & 84. Yes they are past their due date, but this isn't 60's technology. Not sure what you are talking about in regard to straight lines and not able to make sudden turns.

[@cdpond]

@@kentgregory3299 - I think his comments might have been biased based on some experience he had working there. Two years on the base, and likely didn't leave under his own terms. lol

[@mpearce820]

Very nice reference pics for those who build these models. I always thought many modelers employ too much weathering, but this just proves they are right. So when do we start taking delivery of the new RCAF.ARC CF-35's? In my lifetime? Good stuff, I hope our pilots are as good as they say...........

[@idunnoanymore2870]

Very Nice!

[@TheHk1966]

All 2 working aircraft in service at the same time no less!

[@michaelbrisson1067]

The whole Air Force just took off 😅

[@BWP202]

That is the complete Canadian air force

[@michaelbinbc]

Lol... Canada has 138 CF-18's dude. 🙄

[@TheHk1966]

@ sarcasm dude. Actually 103 per Dr. Google however no doubt many of those are not in operational condition (ie most of them). Kinda like our fleet of 100 or so Leopard tanks of which there are only a dozen or so operational at this time.

[@michaelbinbc]

@@TheHk1966 "Canada currently operates nearly 138 CF-18 fighters." - "Canada invests in CF-18 Hornet fighter sustainment.", March 08, 2024, shephardmedia.

[@HeavyOlds]

Nice camera work. Perfect tracking.

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

EPIC footage!!

[@larrydugan1441]

At 40 years old it is hard to put enough lipstick on them to make them look pretty. However I still enjoy the sound of freedom.

[@gabrielibrahmbreivikrobich3956]

They dont need lipstick now they open cc😂

[@TARAetJOHN]

THERE ARE SO CLEAN

[@peterhaase3198]

These old girls are starting to show their age. I recall seeing two of these jets do a similar move at the old Edmonton airport about 40 years ago. I was a student at NAIT at the time, which was right next to the airport. The jets came in low and fast over the runway and then once over the terminal they went straight up. Amazing sight, I assume they were practicing for a bombing run.

[@kenketchum7762]

Did this once at the airport in Thunder Bay - super cool ---- ps and in formation!

[@TyNovakAviation]

Awesome video!

[@tylero8595]

I have lived in Vancouver for 48 years. I have seen multiple military vehicles movements around town the last few weeks. I saw a convoy of heavy trucks towing howitzer cannons down granville st. Maybe 6 cannons. I have never seen that before. I think they may be getting ready.

[@notlikely4468]

15th Field.... Maybe practice for Remembrance Day at Prospect Point?

[@guilhermesilveira479]

Great video 🛫🛫

[@GoofieNewfie69]

I remember servicing those back in the 80's, the were so sleek and kept clean. Now they look like do 4 or 5 sorties a day and not enough crew to take care of them. Noticed that with a lot of CAF planes after mid 90's CAF went downhill after the early 90's FRP

[@slypear]

My ears popped just watching them climb and climb~

[@brucehobbs1734]

They need a bath.

[@gordonwallin2368]

Fly through a rain storm.

[@bsmith1164]

That's how they always look.

[@John-nc4bl]

@@bsmith1164 Just 'tarnished' aluminum.

[@John-nc4bl]

Old paint.

[@ColdWarriorGamer]

They need to be replaced.

[@GWBergen61]

I refueled CF-18s at CFB Cold Lake in the late ‘80s these birds look like they haven’t been washed since then.

[@TheUnforgiven69]

You fueled me. What years were you there? I don't recall the last name of Bergen, but it was long ago and many worked hard there. But maybe we actually met. My name is Rob, callsign Fatso. Back then CFB Cold Lake was premier and kept them maintained and spotless, so I get what you are saying.

[@GWBergen61]

@ I was stationed in Calgary but had a 3 month attached posting to the refueling section spring of ‘88.

[@e-curb]

@@TheUnforgiven69 You must have known Richard B then?

[@cdpond]

You can spot the source of the aircraft by another feature as well. Many (but not all) have tail hooks for carrier landings, and if memory serves, the main runway in Cold Lake is set up with trap cables at one end. I "think" the ones without hooks were the ones we acquired from Australia.

[@TMM6900]

The way that you edit is so surreal. Looks like a video game 😂

[@aliendude96]

F-18 is a beautiful aircraft

[@leonorlittkemann6028]

Its a phenomenal video film 😍😍😍😍😍

[@AeroProductions747]

Crazy video🎉.

[@jugaloking69dope58]

worked at cold lake afb, building the fueling building in 2003 maybe! putting up the wall (pre eng) fence was right there and the amount of time it take the planes to heat up with prestart engines is insane. (LOUD) so cool to see though. second time there was building the fuel islands (2010)

[@evanhighschoolairplaneslov4377]

I don’t even know they come to YVR again❤❤❤

[@kyleme9697]

Its crazy how much louder these jets are compared to passenger airplanes. You can hear them coming from a long way off.

[@shawnmurphy2047]

that is freaking cool. ❤

[@caryd67]

I noticed two odd contrails around this time from Langley. They were odd to me because I’ve been working here for 10 years, I’ve observed the incoming and outgoing flight paths from Vancouver airport, and never has one, let alone two jet powered aircraft flown over my head like that. Langley airport is located very close by, so it’s very common to see prop planes and helicopters, but no jets. I even took a picture of the contrails because it was so unusual. I think it must’ve been these two planes.

[@chesterjackson666]

Like a couple of museum pieces. I remember those in the late 90's Abbotsford airshow.

[@glennaltpeter8917]

Wow you got two flying at the same time amazing!

[@paulcapirchio4378]

It’s like they were told, “you have 30 seconds to clear the airspace” 😂

[@pault6481]

My brother flew out on a F5 in the mid 80s. He kicked on the after burners down runway with a boom boom to follow and went almost straight up into the horizon. Can't tell from the video but I thought the F5 was louder.

[@holysmoker8359]

Wow. Look at these two antiques climb

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

And in a gun fight, can still be deadly. You know nothing from antiques, the CF-101 was in Canadian service from 1961 till 1984.

[@calvinnickel9995]

@JohnHill-qo3hb The CF-18s were that old in 2006.

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

@@JohnHill-qo3hb Gun fight? How are you going to get to the merge? How do you convince the other guy not to use fox 2s or fox 3s?

[@foamer443]

So what are your thoughts on those B-52's?

[@tedcity5861]

How many does Canada have ,bud? ​@@foamer443

[@Mach1Aviationt]

This video looks amazing! How did your stabilize your camera so well when they were flying? Is it post-software stabilization?

[@la_old_salt2241]

Nice catch.

[@TheTenthLeper]

Jeeeepers, look at those old beaters!

[@mfdixon2265]

I would love a ride in one of these.

[@ZRHSPOTTER-sw3ot]

Exzellent Video

[@wyldhowl2821]

Always fun to see some predators flying amongst the prey. 😁

[@calvinnickel9995]

They are shooting down civilian aircraft now?

[@bert-qu3iq]

We've missed you, Trap. Nice capture. Pushing 50K subscribers. Didn't realize so many of them are either trolls or crybabies. Goes with the territory I suppose.

[@El_Guapo_Nacho_Montana]

Surprised both made it off without incident.

[@zigarten]

Nice.

[@4xhoser]

Awesome video! Are they so dirty just because they haven’t been cleaned or are they corroding and the paint disappearing? Awesome jets tho 🇨🇦🇺🇦👌

[@randybaldwin8199]

I remember listening to planes taking off til 1 am during the Olympics. I get up at 4 a m not much sleep

How did you know they were coming to town?

[@gillmartin1758]

I had no idea the ladder folded into the fuselage.

[@davidmurphy8236]

Me either. I usually thought that a portable ladder was always something that the ground crews would use for the pilots to get to their aircraft 😊

[@tommcd8471]

They look like the airforce version of a IROC someone beat the heck out of.