View Full Version : Canadian military Lear's - armed and dangerous?
noflow
30th Apr 2003, 13:36
OK. I'm stumped. I saw what appeared to be two grey Lear's in Canadian military markings with hardpoints and some munitions. Are these some sort of trainer or did I mix something in my coffee besides creamer?
Were they T-33's, because The last time I checked, Canada doesn't have any Lears.
PaperTiger
1st May 2003, 00:24
They were probably those belonging to Phoenix Air Group, a civilian defense contactor who provides 'targets' for training flights. The ones I've seen were camo grey, but I didn't notice any hardpoints.
noflow
1st May 2003, 01:33
The ground controller mentioned Phoeniz when I queried about them. Mystery solved. They did have hardpoints.
pigboat
1st May 2003, 09:50
Didn't they lose one about a year or so ago? Rear bay overheat, or something.
India Four Two
11th May 2003, 06:09
There was this one - perhaps not the one Pigboat is referring to, but it certainly overheated! And I suspect the elk was a total loss too.
www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20021205X05569&ntsbno=SEA03LA010&akey=1 (http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20021205X05569&ntsbno=SEA03LA010&akey=1)
pigboat
12th May 2003, 01:28
'Four Two, yeah that's the one. There was another Lear that crashed in California or someplace I believe, that had a rear bay overheat or a battery runaway. Got the two of them confused. :oh: