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Air to Air Photos of Military Aircraft


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On April 21, 2013 at precisely 5:06 p.m. PDT Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), was able to capture images of a very unique formation over the Strait of Georgia off the east coast of Vancouver Island.

The “Super Canada Goose” formation consisted of 11 Tutor aircraft from 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, widely known as the Snowbirds and one CF-18 Hornet from the CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team.

During the two minute photo window, as the ISS passed overhead at 28,000km/h, Cmdr Hadfield was able to see the smoke lines with only his eyes by just looking out the window 370 km above the earth. In the photo the team is travelling north-northwest before turning back to the south. One can clearly see the runways at 19 Wing Comox where the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds and the CF-18 Demo Team are temporarily based for spring training.

Many Thanks to Commander Chris Hadfield and Major Jeremy Hansen for seeing this project through to success!

Photo courtesy NASA – Cmdr Chris Hadfield

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