Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 15 Winnipeg free april cf18 saved More people than it killed by Sylvia Strojek the Canadian press cold up i experienced severe vertigo or total it manifested itself As a spinning that the air Craft was spinning when in fact it was Ricardo Travert sits in the safety of a hangar office at Canadian forces base cold brushes his fingers through closely cropped dark hair and relates what he thought was to be his last flight on a cf18 fighter its its somebody else in another aircraft quickly was Able to recognize that i thought i was in trouble and started telling me that i was several of the torpedo like aircraft sit like Silver phantoms on the Snow blown Tarmac visible through the window behind the planes Are temporarily grounded on this cold Spring Day following the latest in a string of is an experienced he has been flying for 10 the last two in the he is a member of the Airt ground Lynx fighter that operates and trains at cab cold Lake but deploys regularly to West Traven recounts his cf18 experiences with a Pride Many pilots seem to display toward the supersonic jets that have been much maligned since up photo Canada bought 138 of them in twelve of the aircraft have crashed five in the last four months and eight pilots have but despite the Traven likes the and he uses his vertigo episode to explain in this particular incident i would have to thank the because although the spinning motion was there were certain instruments which were Able to Tell me i was in fact in level that air plane has saved More people than it has i would suggest that if it were any other there would be a lot More people dead right one of Travens colleagues is Dave at looks like an older version of Tom cruises character in top he has been flying since 1970 and Calls the cf18 the Best fighter in the Kendall has also flown one of the last fighters used by Canada before the he says if a fighter Pilot experienced Travens vertigo sensation in an having the same sensation As he would have been very hard pressed to recover the the consensus among pilots at cold 250 Kilometres Northeast of is they love the plane and they love flying they cite its manoeuvrability the plane can turn 25 degrees in one second and its forgiveness in realistic High Speed combat exercises where it skims just a few Hundred up photo pilots who Fly the cf18 fighter Jet say the High tech plane causes them to experience total metres above the ground close to twice the Speed of but they also realize the 25 sophisticated computers on Board cant do it the plane needs pilots and pilots make youre a human being and Acci dents Are going to says Chuck who has flown cf18s the last two of his 14 flying things will come Down As undetermined human crashes can be caused by distractions in the physical illness or even the enormous gravitational forces inside an aircraft travelling faster than did the Pilot get Glock or did he have a heart attack you just dont says stuff Hap pens and theres nothing you can do about pilots cant dont about the accidents when there he you dont have time when youre he any thoughts you had on that you solve on the it int a player in the adds kendalls stoicism slides a bit when Hes on the my mental state has gone Down he crash probe focuses on human Factor Laurie hawn likes pilots who want to cold up Laurie hawn trains cf18 fighter he likes pm aggressive and eager to in looking for a Guy who in looking for a Guy who in looking for a Guy who has the attitude that Hes going to go out there and be better than anybody else at the hawn is commanding officer of the Airt ground Lynx fighter at Canadian forces base cold he joined the air Force in 1964 and was one of the first pilots to Fly the cf18 jets after Canada bought 138 of them in 1980 for but the very personality hawn describes As he tries to speak above the Din of aircraft repairs in the squadrons hangar is now being Fin gered As one possible Factor in a rash of cf18 Hans Days were pretty much Back to Normal by the end of this week As the base put the most recent crash involving the supersonic jets behind Hollis who was based at cold was the eighth Pilot to die in one of Canadas sky Sharks when his plane crashed off the coast of Vancouver Island last twelve of the aircraft five in the last four months gone liver onions grilled cod Salisbury House get ready for some goodness tonight introducing our new honest to goodness dinners at All Salisbury House from to you can enjoy that famous wholesome Salisbury House taste for our advertised prices Are a great and with another what Are you waiting for save on Salisbury House liver onion dinner from to d Coupon expires May 1990 m limit one offer per Coupon am available at your nearest Salisbury House location restaurants save on Salisbury House cod fillet dinner from to it Coupon expires May 1990 a limit one offer per Coupon a available at your nearest Salisbury House location restaurants save 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