{"id":1450,"date":"2017-12-23T13:07:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T13:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2017-12-23T13:07:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T13:07:46","slug":"royal-canadian-air-force-cf-18-demo-team-to-fly-at-air-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/royal-canadian-air-force-cf-18-demo-team-to-fly-at-air-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Demo Team to Fly at Air Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-2\/CF18.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Canadian Air Force Hornet\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the world\u2019s most dynamic and powerful solo fast jet displays becomes RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day\u2019s first confirmed flying participant. The Royal Canadian Air Force\u2019s CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team is making its first UK appearance in ten years and its first Air Day visit in decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada\u2019s display Hornet is just part of the substantial international line-up now taking shape as discussions with various nations progress. The twin-engined, twin-tailed Hornet is a potent modern day multirole fighter that Canada has operated since the early 1980s. At the sharpest end of the Royal Canadian Air Force, it is a key element of the US and Canada\u2019s NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) that celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2018 and we expect the display jet will wear a stunning paint scheme to acknowledge this milestone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day looks forward to feeling the Hornet\u2019s mighty sting once more on Saturday 7 July!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early bird tickets with no booking fees are now on sale for a limited period only at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/yeovilton-airday\" target=\"_blank\">www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/yeovilton-airday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world\u2019s most dynamic and powerful solo fast jet displays becomes RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day\u2019s first confirmed flying participant. The Royal Canadian Air Force\u2019s CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team is making its first UK appearance in ten years and its first Air Day visit in decades. Canada\u2019s display Hornet is just part of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/royal-canadian-air-force-cf-18-demo-team-to-fly-at-air-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Demo Team to Fly at Air Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[287,56,10,237],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-287","tag-december","tag-news","tag-rnas-yeovilton-air-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1451,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}