OJOA Concours

After missing last year’s Ontario Jaguar Owners Association concours I was able to make it back to the Warplane Heritage Museum for the 2023 iteration of the long-running event!

This year brought a selection of newer Jags along with the classics. I always forget how tricky it is to shoot at the museum when the hanger doors are open, but luckily they usually park some choice cars outside with vintage airplanes as a backdrop!

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Vintage Wheels and Wings

This past weekend I spent a pleasantly overcast morning on the tarmac of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum for their annual Vintage Wheels and Wings show!

It's been a few years since I made it to Vintage Wheels and Wings and it was nice to get back out to one of my favourite museums for such a great show. From British roadsters to American muscle, the show had something for everyone!

Skyfest 50

To kick off summer I put on a wide brimmed hat, loaded up on sunscreen, and headed over to Hamilton to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Skyfest 50 event!

The CWHM is one of my favourite museums and I make a point to visit a couple times each year. This time around the museum’s roster of historic, working aircraft were joined by a number of others from other museums and private collections. I saw my first ever P-40 Warhawk and got to see the museum’s Fairey Firefly start up and do a few circuits over the museum after years of restoration.

Spending the day with vintage airplanes and the people who love them has got me excited for this year’s Thunder Over Michigan show where I’ll be front and centre after two years away!

Lancaster Passenger Debut

This past weekend was the first time the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Lancaster went up for passenger flights. Of course, I popped over to get some photos after almost a year without air shows or many other airplane opportunities.

The flight schedule was pushed forward due to a thunderstorm rolling in, and the overcast skies gave me an opportunity to get creative with some different editing styles.