Storm the beach

The men and women of the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre (CFLAWC) (we don’t call them airborne anymore) storm the beach while I’m getting read to go sailing.

 

 

And we’re ready to shoot back…

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T-33 crash at Trenton

A flight safety investigation is pending after a privately-owned former military jet appeared to abort takeoff before crashing through a fence at CFB Trenton on Wednesday 15 July.

Capt. Mark Peebles, the base’s senior public affairs officer, said the T-33 had problems on takeoff at 12:12 p.m.

“It got airborne but then it returned to the surface and sped right off the end of the runway,” Peebles said.

“It went through a fence; it went over Perimeter Road; and it came to rest just inside the outer fence of the airfield by RCAF Road.”

The plane came to rest on its belly, one wingtip almost touching the fence.

Emergency crews arrived within three minutes and helped the pilot — the lone occupant — into a military ambulance, Peebles said.

Quinte West Fire Chief John Whelan, who was already in the neighbourhood, said he reached the base about five minutes after the landing.

At that point the pilot, wearing a flight suit, was sitting in a ditch about 500 metres from the plane, he said. By the time Whelan reached the actual landing site, he said, the pilot could be seen talking inside the ambulance.

In an early-evening new release, Peebles said the pilot has been released from Trenton Memorial Hospital. The nature of his injuries was not disclosed.

Military police secured the scene and firefighters sprayed fire-retardant foam as a precautionary measure.

“There is damage to the aircraft, however the extent of the damage and the nature of the damage I don’t know,” said Peebles.

The Canadair T-33 is the result of a 1951 contract to build T-33 Shooting Star Trainers for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The powerplant would be a Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet instead of the Allison J33 used by Lockheed in the production of the original T-33. A project designation of CL-30 was given by Canadair and the name was changed to Silver Star. The appearance of the T-33 is very distinctive due to the large fuel tanks usually carried on each wingtip.

A total of 656 T-33 aircraft were built by Canadair.

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Hit the beach!

Airborne soldiers from the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre (CFLAWC) assault the beach at the CFB Trenton Yacht Club after parachuting into the Bay of Quinte.

 

The street vendor

A moment in a very busy day in Toronto’s China town

A Toronto commute

Toronto traffic has to be seen to be believed…

Riding the rails

A street car ride into downtown Toronto

Real stuff

I wish that I could make this stuff up, put it on store shelves and watch the chaos and confusion…

 

I think this one is microwave rat?

 

Elephants in a little can?

 

Hmm – I think this should be called Grimacing Fish

 

I won’t touch this one…

 

 

Obviously some people wash their cucumbers…

 

 

Blessed bees?

Hello Kitty

I like Hello Kitty – I have a Hello Kitty steering wheel cover, a Hello Kitty licence plate frame and a Hello Kitty Bento box to carry my lunch in. Some cultures are Hello Kitty crazed though and have adorned almost everything you can imagine with her image.

 

Hello Kitty cookies…

 

Hello Panda is not a great second best replacement for Hello Kitty

 

Neither is Piggy, a weird pig/bird combination. Nope.

 

For me it’s Hello Kitty – mind you not on my flip flops…

More of the fascinating feline here

Street car into China town

Street cars are an interesting way to get around Toronto – they’re no where near as fast as taking a car but you don’t have to mess with parking and you can sleep on the trip.

 

I like the wires…

 

and the hustle and bustle.

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On the menu

Some of the food offerings in China town are pretty much everyday items, albeit prepared in a Chinese manner.

 

Crab is crab.

 

Fish is fish.

 

Conch is Conch? Well, I eat mussels and clams so I suppose Conch is not that adventurous.

 

Some are just too authentic to me…