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    Avro Lancaster

    Was outside taking care of a few things on the "to-do" list today and .....

    The Avro Lancaster flew right over head.

    Wish I had my camera ready!
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    That would be from the Rockcliff Air Museum?? In Ottawa?
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    http://www.warplane.com

    However I am in the Long Branch area, so I figure it was on its way "home" heading across the lake.

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    Very cool. That happened to me once with a B-17. By the way, that Lanc flies into the museum airfield near me here in Virginia about once a year.

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    Beautiful! I've seen it at Willow Run air shows.

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    At what AGL? Not that it really matters, just wondering ...

    20+ years ago I was walking across the long field on the east side of the farm when a new spray plane arrived ... Gypsy Moth Larva in the surrounding forest was the target.

    Prior to that I had only seen the little, specialized, broad-wing spray planes used.

    I heard a rapidly growing roar, turned toward the sound and, at that moment, over the forest & field came an old DC3 (a.k.a., RD4, C47, Gooneybird) at what appeared to be no more than 100' ... right over my head! WHOA! Impressive. It took a long while for me to get the smile off of my face.

    The mere sight of any of the old warbirds has that effect on me, but that close fly-over was especially memorable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Youngblood View Post
    At what AGL? Not that it really matters, just wondering ...
    The B-17 flew over my head at about 200 AGL. They were climbing out of a little regional field just south of my position.

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    I remember as a youngster in my schoolyard at Blytheswood Ontario hearing a loud engine above my head. I looked up to see a Spit Mk9 (I think) doing a barrel roll directly above at maybe 1000ft. Full colors and all...I looked around and realized I had no one I could tell about this experience. They were all just children. The Spit belonged to Don Plumb of Windsor Ontario, 30 miles away and I later saw it when I was 15 and attended an airshow at the Sandwich airfield in Windsor. Lots of other good warbirds there too...F6F, P38, two dozen P51s, same for Harvards...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Womack
    The B-17 flew over my head at about 200 AGL. They were climbing out of a little regional field just south of my position.
    Niiiiice! I envy you that memory.

    Assuming that there would be a number of such warbirds taking off periodically, my mind turns to a picnic blanket, basket with lunch, video cam, binoculars ... and hearing protection.

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    One quiet Sunday in Fall'08 I was driving my Dad east on Rt17 towards Fredericksburg, retracing part a 2005 Nightmare Trip (8-Hour-Traffic-Jam).

    Straight head in the distance I saw 3 biplanes slowly float into view (y'know how they look like they are going 10mph until you get really close). They were obviously operating out of the little local airport near there.

    The delightful "airshow" probably lasted only 5 minutes before we ultimately drove under them, but it seemed like 10 times that to us. We were thoroughly entertained, especially my Dad since he wasn't driving. One of my many good memories with him during his final year with us.

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    I read in my National newspaper that an 'original and unrestored' Mk9 spitfire, last used in 1969 has been found in a barn in Texas. Anyone else read this. It COULD be one of those long lost Spitfires that were lost in Burma! Just joking chaps!

    Hey......... (added at 11.23hrs 14/7) Just heard a muffled roar overhead and watched a Catalina flying boat flying in an easterly direction over my house. Probably from the Fairford air show.

    Are there many of thjose still operating on the show museum circuits?

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