August 11, 20205 yr Shalom and greetings all my pals, Presenting special anniversary flight abroad DC-3 from CYOW Ottawa/Macdonald–Cartier International Airport located 5.5 nautical miles south of downtown Ottawa to CYTZ located on the Toronto Islands south-west of downtown Toronto for purpose of celebrating 80th anniversary of 1940 to 1943 use of CYTZ as Norwegian air force training base where it was known as little Norway or little Norge. On airborne on climb to 10,000 ft after take off from CYOW runway 25 Now cruising at 10,000 ft with background view of beginning of Ottawa River Cruising behind moon where retired WW2 Norwegian soldiers are enjoying the anniversary flight Cruising across winter landscape Dig well polished metallic shine Dont you like dirt grime on engine cover? Wing view of sun in front meaning we have sun and moon at same time in same flight! look at dirt behind engine Checking to be sure that both engines are working fine look at dirt details under the engines Cruising through clouds at 10,000 ft can be pure fun and exciting Cruising past city of Belleville where you can see bridge route number 62 connecting between Belleville and Rossmore over waters of Bay of Quinte Cruising past CYTR Canadian Forces Base Trenton located within the city of Quinte West, Ontario that is used by C-130 Hercules Passing city of Trenton that is home of National Air Force Museum of Canada where you can see two bridges over waters of Trent River especially the bridge in front of left propeller is called Dixon Drive or old Route 2 bridge and the bridge near wing tip of left wing is called Dundas Street East or new Route 2 bridge. If you have sharp eyes, you can see pleasure boat wharf in Centennial Park Approaching famous lake Ontario to get ready for descent on way to CYTZ runway 26 Word of advice when you get ready for final approach to runway 26 is to watch out for tall chimneys of The Hearn power stations You can see in front of the plane Don River in West Dons lands suburb of Toronto where you can see Gardiner Expressway on bottom going through 2 bridges crossing the river to upward to form another highway called Don Valley Parkway Cockpit view of city landscape of Toronto and its famous buildings Because of regulations of the forums not permitting more than 20 screenshots per post, please be kind enough to go to this hyperlink to view rest of exciting trip with thrilling runway approach Here is hyperlink: https://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/10052/awesome-anniversary-trip-exciting-approach Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight Regards, Aharon
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