Abbotsford's First Virtual
To avoid having your log deleted, please read and follow the logging requirements further below. Send me the answer first, then immediately log online and include any one of the three requested photo styles in your log. I'll get back to you if there is a problem with either your answer or photo.
A 7-minute walk, one-way, from the main entrance of the airport terminal, or an 8-minute walk, one-way from the Tradex entrance. Refer to the three parking waypoints for free parking.
A historic CF-101 Voodoo fighter-interceptor is located at the road entrance to the Abbotsford International Airport. Moved to it's current location in 2014, the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic jet fighter which served from 1961 to 1984 in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1959 to 1982.
The F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic front line interceptor in the NORAD defense system, protecting both Canada and the United States. Capable of speeds as great as 1943 km per hour (1208 mph; Mach 1.6) the Voodoo was armed with two nuclear-warhead tipped AIR-2 Genie rockets. This unguided air-to-air weapon was designed to be fired from a range of up to 10 kilometers (6 miles) into an attacking massed-formation of high-speed bombers and escorts. The lethal blast and shock-wave would either incinerate or disable the attacking formation. Tests showed that when detonated at 20,000 feet, only the barest trace of radiation was detectable at ground level.
This brute-force approach to defense arose from the recognition that the World War II-era armament of machine guns and cannon were inadequate to stop a massed attack from supersonic nuclear-armed Soviet bombers. Whereas modern-day air-to-air defense relies on guided missiles armed with conventional warheads, such precision technology was still in its infancy in the late 1950s. The use of a single nuclear weapon was deemed to be more effective than the alternate of firing large volleys of unguided conventional rockets into bomber formations.
LOGGING REQUIREMENTS:
Both a question and a photo are required. Any logs not meeting the requirements will be deleted [5 deleted to date]. You are free to log without any response from the CO.
QUESTION:
Email the answer to ONE of the following three questions to the CO (just click on the owner name at the top of this page). Do not post your answer in your log. NOTE: The question requirement is waived for anyone with mobility issues as access to the concrete pad on which the aircraft rests requires crossing a non-wheelchair-friendly surface of apple-sized drainage rocks. If you omit the question-answer requirement, please instead message a photo of your mobility device (cane, wheelchair, walker).
1. Go to the front landing-gear and inspect a tire. To how many knots has this tire been rated? You are looking for a three digit number stamped on the tire. This is a speed (think mph or kph) so anything less than 1 or a fraction is incorrect. OR.....
2. Go under the starboard-wing to the landing-gear and look at the inner-workings. At approximately head-height there are numerous hoses labeled "hydraulic". What three colours are on the label? OR.....
3. Go to the back of the plane and observe the red tail-hook. How many large bolts are on the curved section? Ignore the bolts that attach the tail-hook to the airframe.
PHOTO:
Upload at least one of the three photo options listed below in your Found It log. Do not message the photo to me. Refer to the COs sample photos below. These specific photo requirements are the most common way to invalidate typical tourist photos obtained prior to publication of a virtual cache.
1. GOLD STAR OPTION. Fold a paper airplane and write your caching name on it. Take a selfie showing both your paper plane and the Voodoo jet in the background. The entire jet does not need to be visible, and you do not need to show your face in the photo. OR.....
2. SILVER SPOON OPTION. Stand far enough away to be able to squish the cockpit between two fingers in your photo. OR.....
3. RUSTED PENNY OPTION. Take a photo of your keys or GPS being held up with the Voodoo in the background.
Special thanks to Mr. LANMonkey for the suggestion of using this aircraft for a virtual geocache.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog