CAvM Ottawa – Battle of Britain Ceremony

From what I heard the Russell Spitfire needed an annual done and they were not able to do it in time for the flight. The proposed pilot to fly it was going to be Robert Erdos.

Eric,

Did the Russell Spitfire have mech issues last w/e…it was still great of them to have their Hurricane and Harvard avail for the event..

She looked great at Willow Run in Aug…

Andrew

Thanks. It was a great weekend of flying and fun. Andrew, the images from the ground look great. They were in tight for the pass. I’m sure we will see more of this formation next year and with the Russell Spitfire. Everyone was disappointed it could not make it. All I can say is I was very privileged to be in the air with them to capture the flight images.

Eric

Convince myself ….. I am not jealous ….. I am not jealous …… I am not jealous.

Ahhhhhh …… it’s not working!!!!

Yes I am jealous. Eric the pics on your site are fantastic, as always. What an amazing opportunity that must has been. I know you have had many opportunities to do air to air photography in the past, but still …. this was a pretty unique formation.

As many great pictures as there are posted on this forum and others of warbirds, there is still something special about pictures like this, taken so close to home, and at an event I was at. Somehow different than all those great pictures from Legends and other shows. I can look at the pics and try to figure out where you were when you took them, based on the ground features. Looks like you didn’t fly over my place though. Darn. Would have been cool to have a pic of those fine aircraft passing over my house!!

Thanks very for sharing your pictures Eric.

Charles

Eric,

Yes I did spot you on Sunday..and I was going to introduce myself to you but you were on the run and looking beaucoup busy..

And it looks like you had an excellent place to photograph from.. 🙂

Cheers

Andrew

Hey, thats me in the back of the Russell Harvard! What a fantrastic weekend of flying and fun. For some A2A images from the weekend check out my website at BoB Ceremony Ottawa I’m still on a high from the weekend.

Happy Landings,

Eric

Brit I envision 2 mosquitos flying with the lanc next year as well as spits and hurricanes!

Charles,

I am very proud that our local CAvM museum together with the strong support of the Groups and our own forces have put together such a great event for our veterans and current forces…

And I can’t wait to see more Merlins in the air over the next complete of years…

Andrew

Andrew,

Thanks for posting these. Way better than my pics of the flypast.

As I said in my post on this event, which I entitled, tongue in cheek “BBMF Moved???? to Ottawa???” it was an excellent event. I was very impressed, and had never seen a formation quite like that 5-ship lead formation.

This event is moving and poignant, and it just gets bigger and better every year. And to think that the Russell Group could have brought their Spitfire too. And in a couple of years Mr. Potter will have two Hurricanes. Could we one day not too far down the road see a 7-ship formation? Imagine that!!!!

Still, proof that Ottawa has come a long way in a few years. Not so long ago a warbird sighting was a rare thing here indeed. Now we are getting treated to this sort of thing!!

Many thanks are owed to Mr. Potter at Vintage Wings. He has really put the Ottawa area on the warbird map.

Charles

If you have to dream….dream BIG eh Peter….

This was my first time that I had seen and heard 8 merlins in the sky together….

Hope they can do a repeat next year and include a mosquito!

I know Peter……. 🙁

There was a time when my brother lived about a block away from the musuem.

Great shots Brit!
Mike you didn’t go and you live closer than me?!

Great shots 🙂

It was a nice surprise for me also…I just wish I would have spend more time watching the Lancaster group flypast instead of watching it thru the camera lens.. 🙂

After viewing your pictures I just want to bang my head against a brick wall for not attending!

Great shots Andrew!

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