These pictures were taken as part of the Canada
Day celebrations at the Langley Airport in Langley, BC. I took them from in front
of the hanger of the Canadian Museum of Flight. (Canadian Museum of Flight,
Hanger # 3 5333 216th Street, Langley
BC (Langley Airport))
A two day Canada Day event is held every year, complete with ferris wheels
and similar attractions. The day is capped with an evening air display including
a hot air balloon, aerobatics, and flybys by vintage aircraft.
The first picture in the slide show is of a Handley Page Hampden. Flown by
5 Group RAF Bomber Command during WWII from 1939-1942. Initial 1939 squadrons
included 44, 49, 50, 61, 83, and 144 Squadrons. 196 and 185 were non-operational
in September 1939. 44 Squadron would be the first to convert to Lancasters
in 1942. Hampdens were used later to train aircrew. The example included in the Canadian
Museum of Flight collection equipped a unit of the British Commonwealth Air
Training Plan in BC. It was lost in a training accident and has been restored
after recovery as an underwater wreck in Patricia Bay.
- Seen in these pictures are:
- DH Tiger Moth
Fleet Finch
SE 5a replica
North American Harvard
Waco
(The image sequence below is a QuickTime movie
of 2MB and on a dial up could take some time to download. If nothing happens when
you click the image below just wait. Once the download has completed it will begin
to play. It will not download until you have click the image below.)
These pictures were taken with a ViewCatcher 8x30 binoculars
with a built-in digital camera! Amazingly, the "binoculars" used allowed
me to take 41 photos, with space remaining on a 16 meg internal memory (there is
also a slot to expand the memory significantly with a removable chip). It allows
short video segments to be taken, as well - although the chip memory is likely required
for best effect, however I haven't tried this yet.
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