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AIRIC
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Despite yesterday’s tragedy today’s show went flawless. Attached are a few highlights quickly edited on the laptop.

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Our very own wix performer, Ollie, flying his FW-149
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Once agin, Ollie
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It was great seeing Steve T, Mike H and others. More to follow.

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Dang Ollie, did you really have to take the supertraps off of your kids car to make that thing fly? :lol: :lol: :lol:


All kidding aside, I really like the paint job!

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Beautiful shots. Love the Mustang. Nice to see one in camo for a change. The yellow looks good but it probably isn't much use as an anti-glare panel!
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Sunday show was great with better skies. It was great spending time with the guys again and finally meeting Dave Cheeseman aka Ontario Warbird.

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Great shots Eric!

I'm sorry I didn't spent more time with you, but time do fly rather quickly at an airshow!

I'll be posting my pictures later on.

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No problem, you were a busy guy and I was off taking photos. Maybe a beer at Geneseo if all goes well.

I take it you made it home ok and all is well. It was good to see the FW flying and the “Harphoon”

Happy Landings,

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Cheers Eric!

We need to get going on a little air-to-air project for Geneseo...

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Here are my shots.

Friday at Ottawa while we waited for the airport to open up after the accident.
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Saturday.
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Sunday.
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The Spit came back from the flight taxiing like a bat out of hell, only to turn on the ramp and cut the mixture. The engine was about to boil down.
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Who is the P-51 registered to?
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Sweet shots, AIRIC, Ollie,

I just noticed something,

The Focke Wolfe looks like a Navion. I have Navion on the brain because I'm thinking of it as a first airplane.

Ollie, do you know how close are they to each other? Any tips?

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The Mustang is Vintage Wings over Canada, ex- Oklahoma Miss.

Orvis, the Navion and the Fw are two different designs. The Fw is a Piaggio built under license by Focke-Wulf and is about 30% than a Navion.

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Ollie wrote:
Orvis, the Navion and the Fw are two different designs. The Fw is a Piaggio built under license by Focke-Wulf and is about 30% than a Navion.
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Ollie,

30% what? Faster? Because I'm pretty sure the Navion is 30% cooler... :)

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30% bigger.

Me mistake.

The Navion probably flies 30% farther and is probably 30% lighter too!

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What pretty flowers on the F/A 18... :D

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