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2010 |
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Westebello 2010 - July 9 - 11, 2010 |
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This is our own Challenger Owners (and wannabees!)
event. It was Great!
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Wetaskiwin Air Show - August 7-8, 2010 |
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This was an awesome Air Show, and we were there!
Our personal highlights of the Air Show included:
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Being part of the Team staffing the Wetaskiwin
Flying Club Souveneir Tent
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Canada's Snowbirds
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Our very own C-IROC driving under police escort to park
downtown to support an Air Cadet Hot Dog Sale hosted by the TD
Bank and promote the Air Show.
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The local RCMP detachment were a great help. In
addition to providing multiple cars to and from the Bank, the
guys helped me lift IROC up over the curb to get around a
light pole that was in the way
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We'd like to thank Bill Anderson and his staff from the TD
Bank for giving us this opportunity, all their help, and
for their great community spirit.
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A few pictures of the event follow! Needless to say
I am impressed by the Challenger's maneuverability as I was
able to negotiate around various obstacles!
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0600 Departure from CEX3
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C-IROC at Dawn
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Down Airport Road
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And Into Downtown
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Strong Mounties Helped her over the Curb!
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And here we Are ...
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... Ready for Air Cadets and Hot
Dogs!
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Arriving Back at CEX3 That Night
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Eastebello 2010 |
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13,170.6 km round trip and we were there! Click the Picture
to see more about Eastebello 2010.
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2009 |
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Lloydminster - Father's Day Fly-in - June 21, 2009 |
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A great and well attended event.
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We were the only plane to fly-in and definitely the furthest
flown.
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Despite a gorgeous flight over Saturday evening,
we got weathered in on Sunday
and left Monday in marginally improved pure SCUD ...
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... and massively shearing winds for the flight home! The
visibility was OK, and the low ceilings lifted a lot about 30
miles to the west. The gusts and windshear, however,
persisted! |
While Mike battled windshear , downdrafts, and SCUD, Tracy saw
cool oilfield equipment. |
We stopped at Viking to refuel. I had had enough of the
bouncies by this point, so we decided to stay over at Viking as it
was a pretty spot.
Alberta is full of awesome little airports like this!
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Things were a lot nicer the next morning when we
departed for home. |
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Westebello 2009 - July 10 - 12, 2009 |
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COPA - National Convention. Calgary Springbank
Airport, July 17-19 2009 |
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We were there! |
Friday morning in Olds prior to departure for Springbank. |
The "hardware line" at COPA 2009. Challenger, Cessna
T182T, Cessna Corvalis, Cessna Katmai, King Air, Beach Baron
... We offered affordable aviation! |
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A Czech L-39 from Josephsburg that was on
the Lovelace flight to Nova Scotia. |
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1,000 Shp. 425 Knots. 11,000
fpm. Homebuilt Legend Turbine. Wow!
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Just, Plain, Pretty!
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Pretty as this was, if I could just win that lottery ... I would
buy that Legend Turbine! |
Harmon Rockets doing Pyros at Dusk |
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C-IROC taxiing to departure runway. |
Up, Up and Away! |
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The soups a boiling! |
It got rougher! Winds were 19 gusting
39 and variable from about 20 to about 80 degrees off the
runway) at Wetaskiwin on arrival, but IROC and Mike made it down
safe and sound. |
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2008 |
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Wetaskiwin - July 26 and 27, 2008 |
| This was a major Airshow
on the Prairies this year and we were there!
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Westebello 2008 - July 18, 19 and 20, 2008 |
| At Westaskiwin
Airport and Reynolds Alberta Museum. The weekend before the
big airshow - if you like airplanes, come and stay a while!
We hope to organize owners flights during the weeks before and
after the Westebello event. |
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Lloydminster - June 15, 2008. Father's Day Fly-in. |
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We went, in spite of the weather. We're not sure, but JBN
may have taken the furthest flown honours as most of the other
aircraft appeared to be from the local vicinity. Mike flew
JBN, and Tracy and Kids came in the Bus. Food was great.
Aviation camaraderie was even better.
Thanks to Steve and Claude and all the volunteers for a great
event. Special thanks to Lloydminster airport Manager Wade
and Claude for the hospitality. Mike lifted off in the rain,
but in advance of the thunderstorms, and headed for Wetaskiwin.
2.0 from Wetaskiwin to Lloyd, and 2:3 from Lloyd to Wetaskiwin.
Ride there was better than the ride home, but all in all, a fun
weekend. We'll probably make this an annual event as the
hospitality was so great. Maybe next year, Mike and Tracy
will be able to go over in formation assuming LHC is finished by
then.
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2006 |
| Lacombe Airport
Annual Fly-in Breakfast, June 4, 2006 |
Lacombe Airport
(CEG3): June 4th, 2006, 0700 - 1200 MST
Here is Kris Falk's Challenger at
the ChallengerWest Booth at the Lacombe Fly-in
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Edmonton
Airfest 2006
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| Edmonton Municipal Airport
(CYXD): July
1st and 2nd 2006
Alberta Aviation Museum/Edmonton Aviation Heritage Center
11410-Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton
An annual event focused on the homebuilt
sector.
Our booth prior to the arrival of
the crowds. We spent much of our time out on the flight line
with the Challenger.
Kris Falk flew in in C-IDVU and many folks came
to admire his build quality.
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Wetaskiwin
Centennial Airshow- July 29th - 30th, 2006
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| Wetaskwin Regional
Airport (CEX3). Tracy from ChallengerWest with her Amphibious
Challenger.
One of the few breaks from the rain that
weekend. We almost needed those floats!
 We didn't plan the color
coordination with the car booth - it just happened that way!
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Rocky Mountain
House
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Rocky
Mountain House Airport (CRMN): Wednesday August 16,
2006, 1300 - Late Evening This
was an awesome Airshow. Mike flew over in our amphibious
Challenger!
These
guys were also there - Canada's own SnowBirds!
And
Robb McCahgren of Novus
Photography in Wetaskiwin took this picture of one of
Canada's CF-18 Hornet Fighters simulating a Carrier trap:
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Calgary
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Calgary
International Airport (CYYC): September 9 - 10, 1000 - 1700
MST. We made the trip in 2.8 hours, despite the 40 mph
headwinds!
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