I was lucky to grow up in North Bay Ontario for a multitude of reasons, but one was the fact that during WWII the RAF and RCAF had a joint training center at our airport. There were a variety of planes there for Canadian troops but also airmen from Britain, France, Norway, Poland and other countries that had been isolated by or swallowed by the Axis. Spitfires and Lancasters were there to name a couple. On special occasions like Remeberance Day, there would be fly-bys over the city. I can remember the thrilling sound of a flight of Lancasters roaring low just over the roof-tops and for moments silence after they had gone followed by the thruming of an approaching formation of Spits lancing across the sky before returning for series of victory rolls again low over the city. I get tears in my eyes still remembering the sound and the pride I felt then. This was added to one time when a flight of visiting P-38's from the USA joined in the fun with their Alison engines screaming overhead in tune with the thrum of the Spitfires' Merlins. Thrilling!
Great shooting **** and thanks for the memories.
Cheers
Leo
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K-7: Pentax DA* 200mm f2.8, Pentax DA* 55mm f1.4, Pentax DA 35mm f2.8 Limited, Pentax DA14mm f2.8, Pentax DFA 100mm WR Macro , Sigma 17-70mm Zoom, Sigma EX DG f2.8 70mm Macro, Pentax 1.7 lens adapter, Cokin Pro Z Filter System. Benro B-4 Ball-Head, Benro C297-M8 Carbon Fiber Flexpod, Benro Precision 3-Way Pan-Head
Shooting photographs since 1948
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