Cessna Project Airplanes
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Carp, Ontario – rich military history, agriculture and Drive-In Bingo
Unofficially the second highest behind the UFO sightings in Roswell. Home of the largest Canadian nuclear bunker! Again, again, the tent is once again hosting the annual Ottawa demonstration of air! Annual Experimental Destination Aircraft Association (EAA) Breakfast Fly-In/Drive-In. A place for film shooting Tom Clancy watching Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.
Intrigued? So it should be! The historic town of carp has nothing to do with the fish with the same name. The rural community, apparently asleep sitting on the northwestern edge of the city of Ottawa – only touch the "valley" as they say in the Valley (Ottawa). This small village, although predominantly a farming community, has a defined number of history Canada's running through his veins.
The [arguably] the construction of secret nuclear four-story Diefenbunker consequences, was a massive construction project Federal Government completed in 1961. Now half of Canadian history of the Cold War, a journey through this concert and the underground fortress of steel may stimulate your senses with the intrigue of espionage, spies and covert operations. Becomes ready to run up and down stairs.
Carp, in the sixties and 70 years, highlighted by the unusual variety of UFO sightings. This is not surprising, since this military bunker was a military service, ensure the defense installation of communications. Department of National Defense (DND) personnel to go on a tour of duty for up to three months in this bunker facility.
For about 40 seconds into the wonderful thriller Tom Clancy "Total of All Fears" is the Diefenbunker Mount Weather, Virginia, USA. The inclined shaft resulting in huge steel vault, such as doors and the location within the art is used as a backdrop background for the film, scripted around a nuclear attack on America.
Nice to be chosen by Hollywood, but the real incentive to go to this rural town of Ottawa is its local character. Its roots in agriculture, adding that honest country "feel when in June, the airport hosts the show tent Air Show Ottawa and again in August, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA Chapter 245) fly in breakfast. Both shows feature exhibitions Aviation airlines, vintage aircraft and fashion shows antenna continuously hot Doggin '. Although housed in a smaller scale, rivals massive heart and emotion BC International of Abbotsford Air Show.
You fly all morning in the action surrounding the EAA Chapter 245 annual fly in breakfast. Sometimes the landing back to the return of the pilots in their aircraft engineering kit, circle, land and taxi to designated spaces. More 50 to 60 aircraft are flying for many of the events anticipated this. Pilots eat a good breakfast, complain more of his plane, catch the news of different drivers, and some will start in the Wild Blue Yonder. Others, like Lehmann in August, the veteran pilot of 49 years, flew from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to attend the annual EAA Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast. Mr. Lehmann, who flew his Cessna 230 custom HP created 2005 cyclone at an average speed of eighty miles per hour, had the opportunity to visit with friends and family along its flight path of the tent, Ontario.
A plane that draws a lot of close attention is the prop Playback Kit version team of the Canadian Snowbird CT-114 Tutor jet, reaching the paint. A biplane vintage enthusiasts had crowded around to see up close. Wow! With an excellent wood lacquered throughout the cabin and wings. Plenty of photo opportunities wherever they turned. That was costly for photographers to stay.
You can start with the airport in the tent, but the charm does not stop there. Only has a few very long-standing attractions:
1) Start of operation Canada's longest Drive-In Bingo as highlighted in the Hall of CBC on the road again "with Wayne Ronstan. It began in 1954 and still going strong!
2) More than 142 years of honest carp, which was held during the last weekend in September!
three), incredible sunsets and easy access to some of the simplest snowmobile and ATV trails in Canada!
Enough said! We go! Chatting with the locals. Bring your family and friends to visit at least one of the jewels of the Ottawa Valley.
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