Battle of Britain Salute, Canadian Style
Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:11 pm
Well, it was a great weekend in Ottawa as Vintage Wings of Canada, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Ed Russell Group and the Canadian Armed Forces assembled a Battle of Britain Salute never before seen in Canada.
WIX was well represented by Mike Henninger, Olivier Lacombe, Rob Gilman and myself.
I was extremely privileged to be able to shoot A2A the formation consisting of the Lancaster, Spitfire, P-51 Mustang and two Hurricanes. Photoplane pilots, Olivier and Leon Evans did an outstanding job putting John Baert and myself in the right places to shoot the much faster formation.
It was a great time had by all.
For a view into our weekend I have posted three pages of images at
http://www.airic.ca/html/battle_of_britain.html
Happy Landings,
Eric
WIX was well represented by Mike Henninger, Olivier Lacombe, Rob Gilman and myself.
I was extremely privileged to be able to shoot A2A the formation consisting of the Lancaster, Spitfire, P-51 Mustang and two Hurricanes. Photoplane pilots, Olivier and Leon Evans did an outstanding job putting John Baert and myself in the right places to shoot the much faster formation.
It was a great time had by all.
For a view into our weekend I have posted three pages of images at
http://www.airic.ca/html/battle_of_britain.html
Happy Landings,
Eric
Great Pics Eric!
Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:31 pm
Awesome shots Love the ones showing going in and out of cloud!
Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:47 pm
Thanks Peter, it was pure heaven to watch.
Eric
Eric
Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:08 pm
Amazing job by everyone involved! Thanks for the fantastic photos Eric.
Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:44 pm
Eric,
WOW!!!
Thanks for letting us see this event through your camera.
Great stuff. I enjoyed all 3 pages.
Bill
WOW!!!
Thanks for letting us see this event through your camera.
Great stuff. I enjoyed all 3 pages.
Bill
Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:56 am
WOW!! Those are unbelievably awesome shots!!!
Great work Eric!!
Great work Eric!!
Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:19 am
wls3 wrote:Eric,
WOW!!!
Thanks for letting us see this event through your camera.
Great stuff. I enjoyed all 3 pages.
Bill
What Bill said! Great shots
Tim
Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:32 am
Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:43 am
Wicked stuff Eric!
Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:02 am
That has to be the all-time nicest warbird thing to appear in Canadian skies, ever.
Or I should say -- so far! Let's all hope to see that equalled and trumped repeatedly in future years, thanks to the continuing efforts of Messrs Potter and Russell and the CWH.
Thanks for letting us experience it vicariously Eric.
August
Or I should say -- so far! Let's all hope to see that equalled and trumped repeatedly in future years, thanks to the continuing efforts of Messrs Potter and Russell and the CWH.
Thanks for letting us experience it vicariously Eric.
August
Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:12 am
Great job Eric, and hats off to all involved.
Wish I could have been their.
Cheers Dave C
Wish I could have been their.
Cheers Dave C
Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:15 am
Everyone involved did a wonderful job -- If I left you out of a previous post, it was inadvertent and you have my apologies!
Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:44 pm
Thanks everyone. It sure was a blast and I’m still on a high from the weekend. The crews were all great and we had a lot of fun.
Eric
Eric