| Most viewed - Chilliwack Fly-In Best of the Best May 2007 |
21 viewsAnother shot of this beautiful airplane. Frank won the award for the Best WWI Warbird.
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21 viewsOne of the last flights of the day Saturday was Grant's Hellcat taking to the air to patrol the skies over the Fraser Valley R/C Flyers Field.
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20 viewsFrank Jaerschky's Twin Otter from Comox, British Columbia just after take off.
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20 viewsMission accomplished...turning for final.
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20 viewsLeif's GWS Tigermoth 400 just lifting off into strong head winds.
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20 viewsRick's Cub makes it through the big waves for a successful take off.
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20 viewsGreg Heath's Baby Bullet.
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20 viewsRick Bell's Waco YMF-5, built by Martin Hunter.
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20 viewsSam's second flight was much more successful. Trying to lessen the spectacle, he didn't run the smoke system on the second flight.
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19 viewsComing around for another pass.
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19 viewsThese little Airco DH2s were some of Beverly's favourites.
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19 viewsOn patrol.
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19 viewsGrant Lord's Hangar 9 Hellcat doing a high speed pass.
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19 viewsThis is kind of a funny shot...to see a warbird from the South Pacific flying over our snow covered mountains.
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19 viewsBrad Trent's Great Planes SE5 biplane - another WWI beauty.
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19 viewsColinB taxiing out, braving the blustery winds.
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19 viewsRick Bell's E-flite 25 Cub venturing out into the big waves.
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19 viewsTwin Otter heading back out to look for the downed pilot from a Grumman Goose reported to have flipped over on take off.
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19 viewsIvan can sure fly those beasts - first show pass.
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19 viewsWe just can't stop taking pictures, it is so beautiful.
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19 viewsThe Goose is ready...
H - O - N - K !
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19 viewsYikes...poor Goose
K - N - O - H !
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19 viewsHere we go...this is the start of Luke Middleton's maiden flight of his Short Solent. All engines go...butt cheeks clenched...we're good to go!
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19 viewsKen Stuhr's Alpha Focke Wulf TA 183.
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19 viewsA close up of our fearless pilot Reg.
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19 viewsSmoke is on, throttle up and we're on our way. Shortly after take off, Sam took a radio hit which slammed the Extra on it's belly back onto the ground.
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19 viewsFero Zatko from Burnaby Lake Flyers is the owner of this unusual plane. He cut it on his CNC foam cutter. Originally, it had the propeller inside the fuselage tube, but he had to move the motor forward to get the CofG right. It reminds Sam of those big Groupers found on the Great Barrier Reef that eat smaller planes, I mean fish.
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19 viewsKen keeps amazing us with yet another shot of his DH2 Airco.
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19 viewsAfter recovering from the Team Tracon M*A*S*H (Model Airplane Surgical Hospital), Sam's Vector Flight 300S Extra was back on the flight line.
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18 viewsGrant Lord's Extra on final.
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18 viewsComing around again.
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18 viewsFrank's Otter on a search and rescue mission.
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