| Most viewed - Chilliwack Fly-In May 2007 |
14 viewsEEEEEEEEErrrrrrrrrrr Medic....
High winds flipped Colin's E-Starter on its nose on take off...
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14 viewsLuke attempts his first Solent flight while the gang looks on with anticipation.
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14 viewsBarney and Cubby head out for take off.
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14 viewsWith Brad's great piloting skills, he was able to crash through the waves for a smooth take off.
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14 viewsIvan flies the Solent while Luke looks on to see how it's done.
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14 viewsWe all couldn't get enough stories about the Solent's maiden flight.
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14 viewsRick Bell's Waco YMF-5, built by Martin Hunter.
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14 viewsSam getting the Vector Flight 300S Extra ready for the first flight at Chilliwack.
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14 viewsOk....Lets run this baby up !
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14 viewsNot one of Sam's better moments....the old landing gear took the brunt of the pancaking saving damage to the fuse on the failed take off attempt..
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14 viewsBreaking left out of the way of the BIG TREE at the west end of the runway...
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14 viewsLuke and his Solent definitely deserved the best float plane award.
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13 viewsBeverly really loves this plane...I asked her why ???
She said...it looks great and it doesn't fly at 100 knots, making it easy to capture with the camera !!!
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13 viewsBack again for a final pass before landing...
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13 viewsWe're good to go says Colin....as he heads down to the water for his first flight of the day...
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13 viewsBarney's ready to go...
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13 viewsOops, Leif's GWS Tiger Moth 400 didn't quite make it through the rough waves.
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13 viewsBernard checks out the pond and waits for the perfect moment.
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13 viewsThe wind is up, and the pilots are up for the challenge.
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13 viewsBernard finally gets his first flight of the day...
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13 viewsNo need for the rescue boat - Bernard's a good fisherman.
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13 viewsGood rescue Bernard!
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13 viewsDan's Grumman Goose drying out on shore.
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13 viewsLuke has a great maiden flight story he will never forget.
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13 viewsGreg Jensen showing off his very nice Spirit of St. Louis that he built.
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13 viewsBrad is holding Sam's lighter for his smoke system....He has this confused look something to the effect "Are you sure you want me to light your nice plane on fire ?"
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13 viewsOk Brad, lets spark this thing up...
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13 viewsAfter Sam's flaming wreck at the end of the runway, he took the Extra 300s back to Team Tracon's MASH unit to do some repairs...
It sure captured a few of the guys curiosity...
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13 viewsA close up of Hal's ANTONOV AN-2 COLT...
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13 viewsSteve still working on the "spinning" collet prop adapter...
Sunday morning with everything fixed up, Steve braved the weather and finally got a nice flight on his Hyperion Spitfire...
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13 viewsHere's another one of Ivan past beauties, that now belongs to Tim Horsfall.
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13 viewsKen Stuhr's Dornier D0435 doing a quick fly by...
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