Author Topic: Battle of Britain Airshow (Ottawa Canada) tomorrow (Read 366 times)

shamroc · « **on:** September 15, 2007, 03:45:11 PM »

Anyone living in the Ottawa/Canada region:

Tomorrow (Sept 16, 2007) there will be a special Battle of Britain celebration featuring a small informal airshow consisting of a Spitfire XVI, Hurricane Mk IV and Avro Lancaster - will also be a CF18 (F-18),CC-150 Polaris and CH146 Griffon Helicopter flypast.

Location is the National Aviation Museum located in Rockliffe. This will be a relatively small/informal event, so it's an excellent change to see some real WWII warbirds in action up close and personal.

Admission is FREE - event starts at 10:15am.

Shamroc

SirLoin · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2007, 03:56:04 PM »

Heheh..I live 5 minutes from the Hamilton Warplane Museum(where they hanger those warplanes).I get them all flying low over my house on takeoff on weekends.They've been flying the B25 more this year,haven't seen the Lanc but good to hear its still flying.

Puts a smile on my face when i'm flying AH and the real thing goes roaring over my house at 1k.

KryptoUniat · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:18:55 PM »

Holy Shiznit. 10:15am? Id never make it, after going to bed at 4 and walking up at 5-6 everyday for 2 months hells no.

Jaxxon · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2007, 11:51:49 PM »

I'm afraid I won't be able to make this, wish I'd have known about it a month ago.

Shamroc, I notice you have -badg- in your signiture, was he in the 417 RCAF in Warbirds?

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2007, 11:56:41 AM »

Sounds cool.
But how do you have a "Battle of Britain" airshow without German planes?

shamroc · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2007, 05:59:14 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Sounds cool.
But how do you have a "Battle of Britain" airshow without German planes?

Well they have a Bf109-F, Me163 and Heinkel He 162 Salamander, but alas, those will be on static display. Many years ago they had a 262, but alas a bunch of drunk vets poured gasoline on it and torched it.

shamroc

shamroc · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2007, 06:08:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Jaxxon
I'm afraid I won't be able to make this, wish I'd have known about it a month ago.

Shamroc, I notice you have -badg- in your signiture, was he in the 417 RCAF in Warbirds?

Yessir - as a matter of fact I was a founding member of that squadron (as "shamrock"), along with Redcoat, -badg-, friar, Slayer and Mosquito back in 1993. We flew in DOS Airwarrior in those years, then came over for the Confirmed Kill beta which turned into Warbirds (circa 1995). I quit virtual flying after -badg- died in 1999 and concentrated on Real Life. Played a little Warbirds and AH1 as a lone wolf in the early 2000s, then came back permanently to AH2 in 2004.

-badg- was a great guy - went to his place in Carleton Place for his big squad get together (1998?) - still have the camcorder tape of that event - guys flew/drove in from around the country and we had a great time. Learned how to fly with those guys - real great bunch of guys -badg- was like the "old man" of the squadron - nicest virtual pilot I ever met.

Shamroc

Jaxxon · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2007, 08:02:50 PM »

Small world. I flew with the 417 RCAF from early 2000 with Redcoat, Mixl, Muzz, Wildcat, Jocko and others ( the list gets long ) up till this spring when I made the move to AH2.
They're still active in the S3s but there are only 3 left, Muzz, Wildcat and Beaver.
We are still in touch and they are a great group of people.
As far as I know, -badg-s site is still up somewhere through a link that Muzz has.
Good to make your aquaintance, see you in the arenas.

shamroc · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2007, 10:03:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Jaxxon
Small world. I flew with the 417 RCAF from early 2000 with Redcoat, Mixl, Muzz, Wildcat, Jocko and others ( the list gets long ) up till this spring when I made the move to AH2.
They're still active in the S3s but there are only 3 left, Muzz, Wildcat and Beaver.
We are still in touch and they are a great group of people.
As far as I know, -badg-s site is still up somewhere through a link that Muzz has.
Good to make your aquaintance, see you in the arenas.

I knew Wildcat and just met Muzz once - both of them joined right around the time I wasn't flying much anymore.... I remember Wildcat was a really good P-51 stick on Warbirds 98. Muzz was just starting, but you could tell he was going to get good quick (he was an F-18 navigator in real life at the time).

That was a great squadron - never met a tighter squad - like, everyone met each other in person - some guys would even fly across Canada to come to local get togethers - and when -badg- died, the pallbearers were squad members... Despite that, nobody took the squad too seriously and it was always informal - nobody ever tried to be the big boss.

In the old days when we started the squadron, I was the young squirt of the gang (23 years old) - don't know how they put up with me back then... Now I'm a much wiser/easier going 37 year old

Time flies...

Shamroc

Jaxxon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2007, 11:07:43 PM »

Hoping to get some of them here :-)

Check your PMs Shamroc.