Chilliwack Fly-In Best of the Best May 2007 |
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12 viewsKen Stuhr's Alpha Focke Wulf TA 183.
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12 viewsRick Bell's Waco YMF-5, built by Martin Hunter.
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19 viewsSitting pretty on the flight line, Rick's Waco prepares for take off.
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11 viewsRick's Waco taking off for its maiden flight. Too bad Martin wasn't there to enjoy his and Rick's success with the first
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15 viewsSam's Vector Flight 300S Extra waiting on the flight line. This was the first attempted flight at the event.
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13 viewsA close up of our fearless pilot Reg.
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13 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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18 viewsUpon recovering the Extra, the smoke system was still in full swing, but the damage from the impact was minimal, only suffering a broken prop, shattered spinner and slightly bent landing gear. It was as good as new after a few repairs.
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13 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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8 viewsFrank's Albatros C.III Prototype of short kit from Aerodrome R/C, designed by Kurt Bengtson.
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10 viewsAnother shot of this beautiful airplane. Frank won the award for the Best WWI Warbird.
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9 viewsGerard Kho giving his P47 the old heave ho into the wild grey yonder.
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13 viewsKen keeps amazing us with yet another shot of his DH2 Airco.
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12 viewsTim Horsfall's Bristol Freighter. Another one of Ivan's past fine creations coming in for a landing.
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13 viewsKen Stuhr's Dornier D0435. Having a prop on both ends of this plane, one could have a difficult time determining if it's coming or going. A very sleek design and flew quite nicely.
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8 viewsHere's Kody's Giant Ultra Stik Lite doing a high-speed wing tip drag touch and go.
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9 viewsHere it is again just hanging out.
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12 viewsNot sure who the pilot was, but this is a Kavan Partenavia.
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10 viewsHere's a CMP pattern ship. We're not sure who the owner is, but another nice colourful plane.
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18 viewsLuke just about to launch his Cox Cessna for its last flight before being retired to the hangar for sentimental reasons...
This was the first ever plane Luke dreamed of owning...
Hangar Queens do have a purpose...
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10 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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14 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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16 viewsAfter the successful flight, Sam carried his baby back to Team Tracon Central's hangar.
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12 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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19 viewsSarah and Luke accepting the awards from Brad Trent for participants "Farthest Travelled" and "Best Float Plane."
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