Air Shows

[mariomike]

My wife was SCUBA diving in Lake Ontario a couple of weeks ago. I was on the Etobicoke shore. The Lancaster flew over where I was standing. Awesome.

 

[BDTyre]

A few years ago we had a B-17 spend a few days out our local airport and it did some runs above town. It was several hundred feet up (probably even over 1000ft) and still quite loud, but my favourite memory has to be heading to work morning, sitting at an intersection and seeing it flying low (maybe 100 or 200 feet) over the farmland parallel to the highway before banking left and following the road back to the airport. Quite impressive.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Sorry for reviving a necro-thread. I had originally posted this in the "Master of Air" thread, but it didn't appear it was getting noticed. And I thought people might in interested in this. Anyway, the "Flying Legends of Victory" will be flying around Ontario/Quebec this summer with an appearance here in Kingston from 16 - 21 July. More info here:

www.azcaf.org

Here are the dates for other tour stops in Ontario and Quebec: (And US stops)

www.azcaf.org Tour Stops

 

[lenaitch]

I was able to crawl through their B-17, B-25 and B-29 a few years ago when they swung through Ontario and highly recommend it. My pockets aren't deep enough for a ride.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

I was able to crawl through their B-17, B-25 and B-29 a few years ago when they swung through Ontario and highly recommend it. My pockets aren't deep enough for a ride.

The B-29 would be something else!!

 

[OldSolduer]

A B1B Lancer overflew the house one day at an air show in Winnipeg. It went west "dirty" but on its return it was clean and about 500 feet off the deck. Very impressive. And noisy

 

[lenaitch]

The B-29 would be something else!!

We even got into sections that weren't open to the public through a friend-of-a-friend.

Actually, I was more impressed with the B-25 and B-17; 'impressed' in the sense of how little space there was and what it would have taken to crew it. i can't imagine how difficult it was to move around in them wearing bulky clothing against the cold and a parachute, let alone in a panic. I get a similar sense about the Lancaster but I've not been on board one.

 

[mariomike]

I get a similar sense about the Lancaster but I've not been on board one.

Lanacaster crew survival rates were not good.

41 Lancasters were shot down on the three raids on Revigny, France in July 1944. Of the 290 aircrew, 59 survived.

 

[lenaitch]

Lanacaster crew survival rates were not good.

41 Lancasters were shot down on the three raids on Revigny, France in July 1944. Of the 290 aircrew, 59 survived.

The survival rate of both Bomber Command and the USAAF 8th AF was pretty dismal.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

We even got into sections that weren't open to the public through a friend-of-a-friend.

Actually, I was more impressed with the B-25 and B-17; 'impressed' in the sense of how little space there was and what it would have taken to crew it. i can't imagine how difficult it was to move around in them wearing bulky clothing against the cold and a parachute, let alone in a panic. I get a similar sense about the Lancaster but I've not been on board one.

I crawled through the Lancaster at Nanton. Not ergonomic. At all.

Sharp corners, everywhere. The wing box was a bugger to climb over.

I also walked through a B17 in Edmonton. It was smaller inside than I imagined.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

I crawled through the Lancaster at Nanton. Not ergonomic. At all.

Sharp corners, everywhere. The wing box was a bugger to climb over.

Well look at who designed it!

 

[daftandbarmy]

I crawled through the Lancaster at Nanton. Not ergonomic. At all.

Sharp corners, everywhere. The wing box was a bugger to climb over.

I also walked through a B17 in Edmonton. It was smaller inside than I imagined.

Given that the average teenager serving on bomber crews was probably about 5 ft 6 in tall and weighed around 140lbs, not surprising really

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Some shots taken this morning of the B-17 Flying Fortress taking off. Only took me about three tries before a got some good shots. And for some reason the B-25 wasn't flying this morning; pilots issues I heard. Note also that these shots have been cropped for better clarity. Enjoy.

 

[dangerboy]

Great pictures, what lens were you using? I just picked up the Nikon Z 100-400 / 4.5-5.6 S for their Z series of cameras and will be trying it out at the Gatineau sir show in September.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Great pictures, what lens were you using? I just picked up the Nikon Z 100-400 / 4.5-5.6 S for their Z series of cameras and will be trying it out at the Gatineau sir show in September.

I use a very basic point-and-shoot camera with a fixed zoom lens. In my case a Panasonic Lumix FZ300 . Its only got the equivalent to a 25X zoom lens, so good for close -to-medium range shots; long range shots no so good. It also helped that yesterday was a perfect day with blue skies and I had a good location with the sun off to the left.

Today, not so good mixed of sun and cloud, mostly overcast. And unfortunately my little camea does not like gray, overcast skies!! I too some shots of the B-25 landing but unfortunately didn't turn out so good. See attached: