Air Show Atlantic 2024 ….

Along with buddy Alan and a fair bit of personal excitement, we went off early for a great day at the Air Show Atlantic 2024. This year’s event was held at Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Greenwood (14 Wing Greenwood) and was in part a celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the establishment of the RCAF.

My excitement was driven by the appearance of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Red Arrows, who came over to take part in the 100 years celebration. Since I was a Wee Laddie in Scotland, I have always wanted to see the Red Arrows who this year are celebrating their 60^th birthday.

RAF Red Arrows ~ Hawk T1 Aircraft

The first batch of photos below are of the static display and parked aircraft …

RCAF CF-18 Hornet

RCAF Snowbirds ~ Canadair CT-114 Tutor 

US Air Force F-16 Viper Demo Team

RCAF CF-18 Demo Team

Pitts Model 12

RCMP Pilatus PC 12/NG

Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone

RCAF CC130J

RAF Atlas A-400M (travels with the Red Arrows)

U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon

RCAF CC-130H Hercules

..... and my favourite, the only one I would really want to take home, the RCAF C-47 Dakota. It is permanantly on show at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum ~

Now the air display ....

The RCAF Snowbirds ~

RCAF Lockheed CP-140 Aurora ~

RCAF CC-130H Hercules ~

US Air Force F-16 Viper ~

Pitts Model 12 ~

RCAF CH-149 Cormorant ~

RCAF 2 CH-146 Griffon ~

RCAF CF-18 ~

RAF Red Arrows ~

In formation with the RCAF CF-18

The Spitfire formation

The Concorde formation

Links to previous Air Show Atlantics (click on the images) ~

Links to other blogs relating to RCAF Greenwood ~

Clamshell frenzy …

With absolutely perfect warm windless conditions, I was out early this morning for a wonderful beach wander ...

I find there is always something different to see with each visit to the beach, this morning it was the large number of unopened clamshells. There were dozens if not hundreds high up on the beach, that were to be soon covered over with the advancing tide.

For the local seagulls this was a feast that is rarely offered in such abundance. I watched as many of them selected the perfectly sized shells to pick up in their beak, before taking them up to about 30 to 40’. From that height, they would then drop them onto the hard wet sand below to break the shells open. Occasionally, the shells would not break on the first flight, so they go down grab it again and repeat the process until the goods are exposed. During my walk this kept me amused and entertained along with passing geese and the very busy migratory birds ….

Foggy morning at sunset …

With thick fog, I took an early morning trip along to the LaHave River Sunset Park. The very quiet and still conditions were perfect with reduced visibility, contrast and saturation, to photograph the simplified views of the river around the park.