Crimea_River
Marshal
I'll kick off this thread first of all by inviting anyone who attended this year's Hamilton Airshow to chime in and post any pics and stories they wish to share about this event. This year's star attraction was the Mosquito and it's potential for flying formation with a number of other rare birds, including our Lancaster.
My show weekend started early Friday when I attended the "Mosquito Memories" event in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum hangar attended by some thirty veterans who flew, maintained, or built the Mossie in the war years. Bob O'Connor, observer/navigator with 627 Squadron and who I talk about in my GB 18 Mosquito thread, flew in from Calgary for the event and is the gentleman with the white ball cap.
The speaker's podium was placed right at the nose of the Mossie, a fitting backdrop for the celebration.
Lurking in the sidelines was the Me262, also scheduled to fly in the show.
Two veterans, Russ Bannock and George Stewart, took the stage and shared stories about their war years.
Of course, opportunities to take a picture of each plane without the throngs milling about and getting their mitts all over them were rare. However, I did manage to snap these two among others that I will share later.
That's my intro for now guys as I'm a bit pressed for time today being Father's Day and all. There are plenty more pictures to come but I'm still away from my home computer and so am just using MS Paint to manipulate these. I'll try to get some more up tomorrow.
My show weekend started early Friday when I attended the "Mosquito Memories" event in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum hangar attended by some thirty veterans who flew, maintained, or built the Mossie in the war years. Bob O'Connor, observer/navigator with 627 Squadron and who I talk about in my GB 18 Mosquito thread, flew in from Calgary for the event and is the gentleman with the white ball cap.
The speaker's podium was placed right at the nose of the Mossie, a fitting backdrop for the celebration.
Lurking in the sidelines was the Me262, also scheduled to fly in the show.
Two veterans, Russ Bannock and George Stewart, took the stage and shared stories about their war years.
Of course, opportunities to take a picture of each plane without the throngs milling about and getting their mitts all over them were rare. However, I did manage to snap these two among others that I will share later.
That's my intro for now guys as I'm a bit pressed for time today being Father's Day and all. There are plenty more pictures to come but I'm still away from my home computer and so am just using MS Paint to manipulate these. I'll try to get some more up tomorrow.
So off I went, packing up the little gear I had, to the observation deck on the roof of the museum where I staked my territory against the rail that I would not surrender, come hell or full bladder, for the rest of the day. Good thing because it quickly became 5 or 6 people deep. However, despite my good fortune at getting a great vantage point, my inexperience as a photographer (or maybe my aging brain) caused me to forget to reset my camera for the bright outdoor conditions and I ended up shooting all my rooftop pics at 1600 ASA so they all came out on the grainy side. I also failed to clean my filthy lens as I only discovered after I downloaded all these pics. Nevertheless, here are a number of shots taken from the rooftop that hopefully you will find interesting.
