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• Remembrance Day 2012
  on Nov 12, 2012 in Out and About 2878 Army Cadets 45 A/M Edwards 725 Communications Squadron Air Cadets Army Branch 3 C7 cadets Glace Bay Honour Guard Legion military Poppy RCAC Remembrance Day Savoy Theatre
  This year for Remembrance Day, I attended the ceremony with the 45 Squadron Air Cadets in Glace Bay. Thankfully the weather cooperated with us and kept the rain far away. There was a fairly decent turnout for the parade… those … Read more...
• Fall Gliding With 45 Squadron
  on Oct 14, 2012 in Air Cadets Out and About 2-33 45 A/M Edwards atlantic C-GCLF Dreamflyer Glider Glider 2 Microsoft Flight Sim X nova scotia RCAC Regional Gliding School RGS Royal Canadian Schweizer Squadron sydney training YQY
  Today 45 A/M Edwards Squadron was out at the Sydney Airport for their crack at Glider Familiarization Flying and the Dreamflyer Flight Sim. Despite the chilly winds the Cadets all got a shot to ride in the Glider. With the … Read more »...
• Gliding And Sim’ng In Sydney
  on Oct 6, 2012 in Air Cadets Out and About 2-33 45 A/M Edwards 737-600 Apache atlantic B736 Baron Beech boeing C-GCLF C-GWCT general aviation Glider nova scotia Piper RCAC Regional Gliding School RGS Schweizer Squadron sydney westjet WS222 YQY
  As a part of my volunteering with the local Glace Bay Air Cadet Squadron, I assist on their Gliding weekends. Today I was learning the ropes of instructing on the Dreamflyer Flight Sim setup. It was a new sim experience … Read more »...
• Paco And The Hornet
  on Sep 20, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About 1.4X 188781 ACIAS air Atlantic Canada canon cf-18 Demonstration F404 General Electric hornet International Paco RCAF Show summerside Team Teleconverter
  So we finally get to the last series from ACIAS featuring the CF-18 from the Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Demo Team. As I was limited to only 280mm (A Friend also attending the Show let me borrow a 1.4X Teleconverter … Read more »...
• Static Display Buffet
  on Sep 15, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About 10712 149915 AFV air force ATR-42 Aurora C-GENH Cormorant Cornell CP-140 electra FedEx General Dynamics Glider Harvard L-10 LAK-12 LAV III lockheed RCAF Sailplane Sea Fire Sea King Sikorsky Slepcev Storch Vintage Yellow Wings
  Another installment of shots from Summerside! There wasn’t a ton in the way of static displays at Summerside unfortunately. However the bit that was there were interesting like the Slepcev Storch. My only real nitpick was that the majority of &...
• Free Fall Friday
  on Sep 7, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About Air Cadets air show Atlantic Canada Bird Dog C-GBBD C-GJND canadian forces CYSU free fall Glider International L-19 Manfred Radius Parachute pei ribbon cut Sailplane Salto Skydivers Skyhawks summerside Team
  Today we’ll be featuring the aerial displays from ACIAS that were un-powered. The Skyhawks Parachute Team are a bunch of brave souls. I know that unless the aircraft is ablaze or pending imminent destruction, that I wouldn’t be jumping ou...
• I Love The Smell of 100LL In The Morning.
  on Sep 4, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About Air Race air show Atlantic Canada beechcraft C-GXRB Corsair CYSU Demonstration Edge 540 FG-1D Goodyear Grey Ghost Harvard Hawk One International N22NA N3000B pei Pete McLeod Pratt Prop Blur Red Bull summerside Texan Vintage Wings Wasp Whitney
  Moving along through the photos from ACIAS 2012, we get to the piston engine classics and modern marvels. The Harvard (or Texan to our friends south of the 49th) is a fixture at pretty much every Air Show I’ve ever … Read more »...
• The Best Looking F-86 Around!
  on Sep 2, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About ACIAS air canada Canadair Discovery F-86 Hawk One Orenda pei Sabre Services summerside Vintage Wings YSU
  The F-86 is a classic in the skies and this year I got up close to the best looking one around. Hawk One from Vintage Wings was in attendance at Summerside. There’s something about this classic swept wing Fighter that … Read more »...
• Riding With The Blue Angels!
  on Aug 31, 2012 in Air Shows News Flash Out and About ACIAS air show Atlantic Canada Blue Angels boeing C-130 Charlottetown CYSU CYYG Demonstration f-18 F404 Fat Albert flight GE General Electric Hawk One hd hercules International mcdonnell douglas media Prince Edward Island summerside Team US Navy USMC video
  So this was my first outing shooting as Media and it was awesome… My Media Ride was on “Fat Albert” of the US Navy/USMC Blue Angels! There was a group of us onboard and I got lucky enough to get … Read more »...
• Summerside Snowbird Special!
  on Aug 30, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About 431 Sqn ACIAS 2012 air show Atlantic Canada Charlottetown CT-114 Demonstration International Moose Jaw pei Prince Edward Island RCAF summerside Team Trainer Tutor YSU YYG
  Now we get to the stuff that you’ve all been waiting for! Air Show pictures! What better way to start than with Canada’s own Snowbirds! I’m a big fan of them since I was a young fella seeing them at … Read more »...
• Short Sea Cruise to PEI
  on Aug 29, 2012 in Air Shows Out and About 2012 ACIAS air show Atlantic Canada Bridge canadian forces Confederation CT-114 International nova scotia pei Prince Edward Island Snowbirds summerside tourism Tutor Wood Islands YSU
  Well I’m finally back from my little Maritime Air Adventure! What can I say? It was a blasty blast! Not only did I cross off the last two Provinces for me to visit in Canada less Yukon Territory… a Media … Read more »...
• The Cabot Trail and onward to Charlottetown!
  on Aug 22, 2012 in News Flash Out and About air atlantic Breton cabot canada Cape Charlottetown CYSU nova scotia pei Prince Edward Island Show summerside trail
  Today was a spur-of-the-moment drive through the Cape Breton’s scenic Cabot Trail. It was my first trip around so I managed to grab a couple shots. It’s nice being a passenger once in awhile! First stop was The Dancing Goat … Read m...
• Summer People Lining The Streets!
  on Jul 31, 2012 in Out and About august Cape Breton community dolls festival highlands july mannequin nova scotia people port morien summer tourism
  Recently while driving out to the Mira River, I noticed mannequins sprouting from various yards in Port Morien. Further investigation revealed that it’s the annual Summer People Festival. I couldn’t resist a quick run through town to catc...
• Uisge Ban Falls
  on Jul 11, 2012 in Out and About 1Ds baddeck canada canon Cape Breton egypt falls flow landscape long exposure nova scotia outdoors photography squirrel trails uisge ban Water waterfall
  As a part of the our Second Anniversary, the Misses and I went for a hike to Uisge Ban Falls just outside Baddeck, NS. The trail is fairly easy with two options. One to go up to Uisge Ban and … Read more »...
• A Sunny Afternoon
  on Jun 25, 2012 in Out and About 1Ds 50mm C/Y canada canon Cape Breton Carl Zeiss Contax donkin f1.7 Flowers Highway Hwy 255 manual focus nova scotia Planar Yashica
  Today started off looking miserable but the clouds broke apart in the afternoon so I took advantage of it and went for a walk about the neighbourhood. It gave me a chance take the Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.7 for a … Read more »...
• Foggy Evening at Port Morien
  on Jun 13, 2012 in Out and About 17-40mm boat canon CYQY fishing fog L series lobster morien nova scotia port Sydney Airport Vancouver Island vessel
  This evening after running errands in Town, I noticed that the breeze coming from the northwest was holding the fog on the shore near home. So I went for a run down to Port Morien as it’s just upwind from … Read more »...
• Sunday Drive to Louisbourg
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Out and About air show atlantic cabot canada cheticamp fortress harbor Harbour landscape lighthouse little lorraine louisbourg nova scotia parks canada pei summerside trail
  It was a fine day for a drive today so I went over to Louisbourg, NS. My first unplanned stop was in Little Lorraine, NS which I spotted as I was cruising along the road. Finally I reached Louisbourg and … Read more »...
• 45 Sqn RCACS 70th Annual Ceremonial Review
  on May 29, 2012 in Out and About Through The Lens 1Ds adobe Air Cadets Air Marshall Annual Armouries canadian canon Ceremonial Edwards Flash Glace Bay lightroom nova scotia Review Royal Volunteer Wireless Slave
  As mentioned earlier, I was the Official Photographer for the 70th Annual Ceremonial Review of the 45 A/M Edwards Air Cadet Squadron in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia this past weekend. The Annual Ceremonial Review is the last full parade for … Read mo...
• Squawks – 2012-05-21 to 2012-05-27
  on May 28, 2012 in Miscellaneous altitude604 digest threemilesfinal twitter weekly
  A weekly summary of my activity on Twitter. Read more »...
• Annual Ceremonial Review – 2012
  on May 26, 2012 in News Flash Out and About 45 Sqn A/M Edwards air cadets canadian Glace Bay macro nova scotia official Olympus photographer RCACS Royal super threemilesfinal xz1
  As a part of my commitment to volunteering with 45 A/M Edwards Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, I will be the official Photographer for their 70th Annual Ceremonial Review. If you’re in the Glace Bay, NS area on … Read more ...

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