Russel Aviation Group - Friendly Foes Above The Falls Airshow(s)
Collected here, for your convenience, are links to galleries of pictures taken by NPARC members at the various Russell Aviation Group Air Shows that our club members have provided public service communications.
- 2009:
Coming soon ... ish - 2008:
Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 - 2007:
Gallery 1 - 2006:
Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Gallery 3 | Gallery 4 | Gallery 5 - 2005:
Gallery 1 | Gallery 2
2006
Q.E.W. and Sodom Road - Niagara Falls, Ontario, CANADA
Friday June 13th, Saturday June 14th and Sunday June 15th, 2008
Volunteers are needed for this years edition of the Friendly Foes Above the Falls Air Show at Sodom Road and the Q.E.W. in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This air show has grown to be the largest propeller driven air show in Canada. Volunteers will be needed each day from Friday June the 13th to Sunday June the 15th, 2008. Food and refreshments will be supplied. Contact Bob, VE3HNH at bob.ve3hnh@cogeco.ca if you would like to help with this fun event.
Friendly Foes Above The Falls Airshow
Niagara Falls, ON, Canada - June 9 - 11, 2006
NPARC will be operating a special events station at the 2006 Friendly Foes Above the Falls Airshow in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Official QSL Card. VA3BOZ.
For a copy of the above colourful QSL card, send a self addressed stamped envelope and $1.00 USD to:
Dave Digweed, VE3FOI
2575 Rosedene Road
St. Anns, ON
L0R 1Y0
CANADA
Special Event (VE3VM)
Time: June 10 - 11, 2006 @ 1400 - 2000 UTC
SSB Frequency: (7.265 MHz, 7.065 MHz, 14.270 MHz)
CW Frequency: (7.025 MHz, 14.025 MHz)
The station will also check into the Trans Provincial Net (TPNet) on 7.055 MHz as time permits.
In addition, NPARC will be providing communications for the air show. If you're an amateur radio operator and want to help out, contact John VA3BOZ for more information. He is always monitoring NPARC's club repeater - VE3NRS 147.240 MHz + PL Tone 107.2 Hz.
If you are not an amateur, come out to the air show and see us at work and find out more about amateur radio.
Russell Group Air Show Photos by Kevin, VA3KGS
The following pictures were taken by Kevin, VA3KGS. For more Air Show pictures by Kevin, Click Here.
Avro Lancaster
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Bi-plane
Tri-plane
Russell Group Air Show Photos by John, VA3BOZ
The pictures shown here were taken by John, VA3BOZ. More Air Show pictures by John may be seen at Click Here.
Spitfire and Messerschmitt Me 109
P-51 Mustang
Avro Lancaster
Harvards Flying in Formation
VE3BBN Saves the Day
Dave,VE3BBN in cockpit
Over a week before the Friendly Foes Above the Falls Air Show took to the air, the vintage headset worn by the ME 109 pilot would not work. NPARC President Dave, VA3UL linked up Dave, VE3BBN with the Russell Group to see if it could be repaired. If anyone could repair this old headset, Dave could. As a thank-you for the repair. Dave was given the privilege of sitting in the Mark IX Spitfire. Here he is giving us a thumbs-up with a grin from ear to ear. Way to go Dave. Next to Dave is pilot Alan Walker.
Russell Group Friendly Foes Above the Falls Air Show a Success
A well done goes out to everyone who helped put on the Air Show. The weather was perfect and the exhibits were memorable from the B-17 to the Lancaster. NPARC had the privilege of providing communications for this great event. Here are a few pictures from the weekend air show. More photos will be posted as they get processed so check the Club Archives page regularly. Enjoy.
Control
Fleet Control
John, VA3BOZ and Brydon, VE3ABO stand in front of the NPARC control station while Frank, VE3KLM stands in the door way. To the right a Fleet Canuck poses for a photo.
Chipmunk
Yale
On the left is a deHavilland Chipmunk and on the right a Yale with several Harvards in the background all in Royal Canadian Air Force colours.
Memphis Belle
Avro Lancaster
The Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress receives visitors while on the right, one of only two flying Lancasters in the world does a fly-by.
Hurricane
Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum
A Hurricane taxis to the runway and the Lincoln and Welland Regiment Military Museum shows off some of their heavy equipment on the right.
Canadian Military Heritage Society
Control Tower
The Canadian Military Heritage Society displays vintage communication equipment under camouflage webbing while a vintage looking control tower on the right kept things running smoothly. That is Bob, VE3HNH on the left.
Photos by Peter VA3WET
Russell Group Air Show and NPARC
That's it for another year. The Russell Group Air Show has come and gone and I would like to thank the 20 people that helped me pull it off. It was another success by the members of NPARC some of who spent the whole weekend on the event. The weather was a real change from last year and no rain. The food that we had was a surprise as I for one expected something like hotdogs & hamburgs and very little time getting our meals.
I would also like to thank Dave VE3FOI and his group of 5 people for the very good but not to successful try of the Special Event Station due to a problem of interfering with their PA system. I think the problem was their's and not ours. If we try it again next year we will try to find another location away from the tower.
And a special thanks to the Salvation Army for the use of there emergency kitchen for the event and also a special thanks to Scott VA3XLX for bringing out his off road vehicle.
GREAT JOB GANG
John, VA3BOZ
