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Showing posts with label air show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air show. Show all posts

Friday, June 17, 2011

Hamilton Air Show is back!

Freddy K in the cockpit of a CF-100 "Clunk" at the Hamilton International Airshow, 1977.



After a 10 year hiatus, the Hamilton Air Show returns to the skies this Father's Day Weekend! I rejoiced at the news sometime ago that the show was returning. During my Air Force days about 30 years ago, we attended a number of air shows both officially & un-officially & the Hamilton one was a regular event for me. I [particularly liked visiting the Air Force Club at Mount Hope on the day before the show started to have a few beers, a sausage on a bun, look again at the various memorabilia inside the Club, but mostly to watch the various aircraft practice their routines for the show the following days - all without the large crowds or admission charge!

Thought of repeating the tradition today but with a young pup at home & the price of gas these days, easier to stay home & reminisce!

But if you can go this weekend, by all means do so! We've seen the warbirds of the CWH so many times it isn't new for us.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Vulcan Bomber takes to the air

The Avro Vulcan, one of my favourite aircraft, makes a flight at Farnborough 2010.
Looked great in the 1950's & still does!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

CF 18 Crash in Lethbridge Alberta

Photos from the July 2010 crash of the CF-18. Thanks to Richard Simpson for forwarding these.









Monday, April 12, 2010

Top 10 Low Pass Flybys

This one will knock the socks off of aviation buffs!


Thursday, February 18, 2010

RCAF Roundel article - The Golden Hawks

From the December 1959 edition of the defunct RCAF magazine "Roundel" - an article on The Golden Hawks. Before there was the Snowbirds, there was the Hawks in their Sabres.

Click on a page to view a readable one.
















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