Last night, as the last golden ray of sunlight vanished the Vimy appeared on the horizon after making a flight from Oshkosh. It will be at the Toronto Aerospace Museum for the next few days undergoing maintenance and installation of a camera link system before heading to Ottawa and then on to St. Johns, Newfoundland where it will recreate the first non-stop trans Atlantic flight.
The light could not have been worse but I did the best I could.
Like a scene from the past people great the fearless aviators 🙂
Happy Landings,
Eric
By: airic - 26th May 2005 at 23:14
Thanks for all the comments. I will let you know more when I hear more on the weekend.
Eric
By: Andy in Beds - 26th May 2005 at 18:34
Lovely pics Eric.
Does anyone remember the magnificent day at Old Warden when the Vimy replica flew off the grass there, displaying in formation with the BrisFit? 🙂
Yes Mike,
I do remember that day.
The more I read about this flight the more exciting I find it.
I hope it goes well. I’d love to be in Ireland to see them make landfall there.
Cheers
Andy
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 26th May 2005 at 18:17
According to the answer to the question I posed on the other thread about the Vimy, Orenda.
Blank look from me.
They are, apparently Canadian V8s. This was being discussed at Oshkosh five years ago when I saw it there. It toook a while to happen.
I hope it goes well.
Melvyn
By: dhfan - 26th May 2005 at 15:39
According to the answer to the question I posed on the other thread about the Vimy, Orenda.
Blank look from me.
By: turretboy - 26th May 2005 at 15:14
Awesome photos Eric!!!
By: trumper - 26th May 2005 at 14:27
Actually it’s the light that makes the photos even better in my opinion.
By: adrian_gray - 26th May 2005 at 14:09
Saw it in England a few years ago – you just do not realise how SLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW it is until you’ve seen it sailing it’s stately way across the sky! Good luck to ’em and thank you for the lovely photos. One of my Granny’s Uncles was a metman at Toronto in the 1940s – wonder what he’d have made of it even then?
Adrian
By: Ray Jade - 26th May 2005 at 13:36
Wot! No navaigation lights!
Thanks and wow from me
By: GASML - 26th May 2005 at 13:26
Totally agree with all the ‘wows’ above.
Great pictures Eric, they really sum up for me what old aeroplanes are about
By: Dave Homewood - 26th May 2005 at 12:36
Wow, what stunning photos – they are so atmospheric. Just wonderful. Thanks Eric
By: LAHARVE - 26th May 2005 at 12:13
Nice pics, thanks for posting
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