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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Jelly Bean Hill
St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
The locals call this part of the city "Jelly Bean Hill" because from a distance all the multi-coloured houses look like jelly beans.
Monday, September 07, 2009
Houses on Casey Street
St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
The light is sunlight reflected off of and offiice building across the street.
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Boat Cruise, St John's.
Took a boat tour out of St John's to see some whales and puffins (and icebergs at certain times of the year). We did not see any whales and here's why. The tour guide told us that killer whales are only seen in the waters off of St John's for about 7 days a year. This day was the first sighting this year.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Entrance to St John's Harbour
Newfoundland, Canada.
Signal Hill can be seen in the distance overlooking the narrows at the entrance to the harbour.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Abbotsford International Airshow
Went to the Abbotsford International Airshow on Saturday. As it was when I went to Avalon a few years ago, it was grey and overcast.
Abbotsford is on the outskirts of Vancouver and is about an hour's drive from the city centre.
I was impressed with the static aircaft on display; FA18s, F15s and an A10 amongst others in one area. An FA18s and an A10 had a raised platform next to their cockpits with steps leading up so that the punters could take a look in the cockpits. They are incredibly small places.
An adjacent display had the large aircraft on display; a couple of air refueling aircraft that you could go in; an RAF AWACS aircraft that you could also go in (I didn't as the line was too long); and even a B52! Sadly, you couldn't go in the B52 but the bomb bays were open. I was surprised that these bomb bays were not as cavernous as I had imagined.
Over on the main runway there were various shows throughout the day including parachutists jumping out of a C17 Globemaster and various acrobatic aircraft. The highlight for me (and I suspect the majority in attendance) were the fighters. One of the most spectacular was the FA18 which did a number of fly overs including an inverted flypast with its landing down as well as an incredibly slow fly by. The most impressive display put on by the FA18 (and any of the aircraft for that matter) was when it flew past the crowd at almost the speed of sound; surrounded by cones of condensation due to the shockwaves.
Later on was the Heritage Flight where an F16 and a P51 Mustang flew by together. This must have taken a fair degree of control on the part of the F16 pilot to match his speed to that of the mustang. Always nice to see a WWII fighter in action.
The last show of the day was a fly by of two F15s. Having seen them in action at Avalon, I reached for the earplugs as these aircraft are unbelievably loud. They did the standard fly by two times and then landed. Impressive to see these machines in flight but a bit of an anti climax.
All in considering I had free entry and despite the sun burn and camera malfunctions, a great day.
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