Cold Lake Airshow 2018

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Cold Lake Airshow 2018

Post by CenturyHornet Videos » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:53 pm

Cold Lake Airshow
July 21-22nd, 2018
CFB Cold Lake
Cold Lake, Alberta
Website---> http://coldlakeairshow.com/

I'm told there should be a great lineup and a good international presence! Can't wait for further announcements.

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Ernest G.
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Post by CenturyHornet Videos » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:37 pm

USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team from ACC Confirmed.

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Post by CenturyHornet Videos » Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:44 am

So as of December 13th, 2017, these are the following additions that have been made to the performers lineup, a requests pending static lineup has also been posted which looks good! Fingers crossed the majority make it!

Performers

CAF Snwobirds
USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team
RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demo Team (recently added)
CAF Skyhawks (recently added)
T-33 Acemaker (recently added)


Cheers,

Ernest G.
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Post by CenturyHornet Videos » Fri Dec 22, 2017 8:25 pm

Some newer confirmations to Cold Lake's performer lineup of 2018 added recently.

Performers

CAF Snowbirds
USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team
RCAF CF-18 Hornet Demo Team
CAF Skyhawks
Ace Maker
Rob Holland (recently added)
Pete McLeod (recently added)
Smoke-n-Thunder (recently added)
US Navy Super Hornet Demo Team (recently added)
CF-18 Hornet and CT-155 Hawk Mass Attack (recently added)
USAF Heritage Flight Foundation (recently added)
Ken Hildebrandt (recently added)
DAMet FX Pyrotechnics (recently added)

Pending

C-17 Flying Display
Bob Carlton

Statics Confirmed

Precision Exotics
F-15 Eagle Portland Air National Guard

Statics Pending

CF-18 Hornet
B-52H Stratofortress
A-10 Thunderbolt
C-2 Greyound
CH-146 Griffon
Cormorant
C-130J Hercules
Airbus A310 (Polaris)
C-17 Globemaster III
CP-140 Aurora
Sea King
Pilatus PC-12/Bell 206
T-38 NASA
CT-155 Hawk
CT-156 Harvard II
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
Boeing E-3 Sentry
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
Airbus A400M Atlas
F-16 Viper Wisconsin Air National Guard
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Boeing AH-64 Apache
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra

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Ernest G.
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Post by Bokimon » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:20 am

The biggest airshow happening in the province of Alberta, second only to Abby in Western Canada is the Cold Lake Airshow due for the third weekend of July. 4 Wing RCAF at Cold Lake AFB is where half of Canada's front line fighter squadrons are based and other than being hosts to Maple Flag war exercises it does host an airshow every 2 years switching places with Lethbridge.

Anybody have any past experiences with this show from past years? I have never been and debating whether it is worth the 7hr drive from YYC.
In particular they do a 10 ship CF188 + Hawks and Alpha Jet swarm attack demonstrations and that really peaked my interest.
Though the static list does look pretty impressive, if there are any guest nations hanging around after any war games, that would be a huge bonus too. Anybody plan to go and any rumors of additional goodies set to appear?

Here are the confirmed acts for the air demo:

CF 18 Demo Team confirmed
Snowbirds confirmed
SkyHawks confirmed
Ace Maker confirmed
ACC F22 Demo Team confirmed
C17 Flying Display confirmed
Rob Holland confirmed
Team Rocket confirmed
Smoke-n-Thunder confirmed
CF18 Hornet & CT155 Hawk Mass Attack confirmed
USAF Heritage Flight Foundation confirmed
Ken Hildebrandt - Announcer confirmed
DAMet FX Pyrotechnics confirmed


Ground:

Precision Exotics confirmed
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker confirmed
CF-18 Hornet confirmed
McDonnel Douglas KC-10 Extender pending
B-52 confirmed
Boeing E-3 Sentry confirmed
A10 Thunderbolt pending ?
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy confirmed
Bell AH-1 SuperCobra pending ?
Airbus A400M Atlas pending ?
CH146 Griffon pending ?
F-15 Eagle Portland Air National Guard confirmed
Cormorant pending ?
F-16 Viper Wisconsin Air National Guard pending?
C130J pending ?
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor confirmed
Airbus 310 pending ?
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey pending ?
C17 Globemaster III pending ?
Boeing AH-64 Apache pending ?
CP140 Aurora pending ?
Sea King pending ?
Pilatus PC12/Bell 206 pending ?
T-38 NASA pending ?
C21 confirmed a
Classic Car Display - Click here for more information.
CT-155 Hawk confirmed
General Aviation Static Displays -
CT-156 Harvard confirmed

http://www.coldlakeairshow.com/index.php
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Post by AirshowHawk » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:14 am

Hello Bokimon,

Someone has already started a topic for this event which can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=484

Your question may be better suited being posted there rather than being posted as a secondary thread.

It is always wise to do a quick search before posting to avoid duplicate topics on the same airshow.
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Post by RyanS » Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:13 pm

There we go, merged into one thread :D

Carry on!
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Post by Bokimon » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:12 pm

Oh thank you! I did not realize you made a thread on this a while back..
I guess my only real contribution would of been to include a map of its location then.
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Post by Bingofuel » Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:06 am

Bokimon wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:20 am Anybody have any past experiences with this show from past years? I have never been and debating whether it is worth the 7hr drive from YYC.
In particular they do a 10 ship CF188 + Hawks and Alpha Jet swarm attack demonstrations and that really peaked my interest.
I attended the show in 2016 and it's well worth it. I made it to Cold Lake from Calgary in 5.5 hours with a pit stop in Edmonton. Getting onto the base was no problem at all. Good traffic coordination. The mass CF-18 flyby was really awesome, and the statics are excellent (Albeit very spaced apart...Prepare to walk a couple miles). 2 years ago there were around 7-8 CF-18's on display from various squadrons. The F-22 Demo alone will be worth the drive. If you wanted to break up the drive I recommend staying in the town of Bonnyville the night before, about 1/2 hour outside Cold Lake. The hotels there are usually cheaper than Cold Lake.

Bring Sunscreen!!! It can get scorching hot up there in July.
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Post by AirshowHawk » Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:21 am

I'll be making the trip out for the F-22.

It's hard not to come out to a show with the Raptor and such amazing Canadian support.

The road trip with the family alone is enough to get everyone excited, and then we are treated with amazing performances.

This year will be fairly bittersweet for myself and the family because of the unfortunate incident with Bruce Evans that happened a couple of years ago.
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