The Travels of the Agnew Family

Today was the Upper Canada Open aerobatics competition at the local airport. The planes do a lot of the moves that you see at an air show but they do it at a higher altitude so it's a little harder to watch. Still it was fun to watch. What was even more fun to watch was the pilots practicing their maneuvers on the ground -- the pilots were walking around moving their arms and bodies as they would when they were high in the air in their airplanes.

A reporter from the local paper called their contact person at the airport and said their camera couldn't get pictures of the planes flying, so was their anyone there who could send them some photos. As Ed was there with the big lenses, the answer was yes. The photos below are Ed's photos that appeared in the paper.


This collage of photos appeared on the front page.




Mark Stewart from Erie Pennsylvania flew this plane winning the competition.




This Pitts special flown by Hella Comat who flies out of Waterloo-Wellington Airport won second place.

These last two photos weren't in the paper but I liked them.

Cheat sheets are fastened to the control panel to aid the pilots.


You need a friend to help start this plane as the propeller needs a spin.