The seventh annual HeritageCon Model Contest is almost upon us, so mark your calendars for Mar 3, 2013.

Click on the link and scroll down for the flyer. I will be going. If anyone wants to tag along for a ride...get in touch with me to make arrangments... this Sunday.

http://www.ipmshamilton.ca/default.aspx?pg=c1af4786-2919-43d3-a890-38f8adfc703e

Darn, Sundays are tough for me, I can't attend

PM me, if anyone wants to go...sry bout that Glen...next time.

I'm able! This is actually the airport I work at

Do they allow "our stuff" as model entries? I remember the flier from a couple of years ago.. I wonder what hardcore plastic model guys think of RC stuff

I'd enter my big-scale ship and maybe a tank!

If I go I'll likely run into you, I don't know yet how much time I can dedicate to it, being on nights and such. Will advise.

I think it starts at 9am. I'll probably show up around 10-ish.

Cool. I'll probably go. Maybe I'll enter my 1/48 su-122?

Fairly good show with some excellent entries. I did meet up with a person who has 1/16 scale tank crew stuff and he said he would send some pics. Once I get those I will make a post.
Looking all the planes indoors was a highlight for me. They had the lancaster with the engines torn down for yearly inspection. I'll post pics of them a bit later...
I think we could of set up a display for the club had we more notice. I did leave a bunch of business cards at the entrance for the club.

Stinger

Stinger wrote:

I did meet up with a person who has 1/16 scale tank crew stuff and he said he would send some pics. Once I get those I will make a post.

Do you mean he sells them?

Stinger wrote:

I did leave a bunch of business cards at the entrance for the club.

That's great, sounds like a good opportunity to promote the club

Yes, he sells them.

Stinger wrote:

Yes, he sells them.

Interesting

Firstly Jordan ,you have a most envious job.
I checked out the wed site and it looked like Ian was a lucky guy to have gone.Thx for promoting the club ( I need to get on this computer thing more often ) Wonderful model details .
PS: A number of years ago a friend, Lou Naggy, was one of the last people to get a ride in a Spitfire they had in their collection at this airport before it was destroyed in a fire . For a while ,I understand the society would fire up the Lancaster for a fist full of dollars as well ,not should if that is still an option.

The Lanc flies regularly in the warmer months, usually starting in late March if its winter maintenance is all done.

For $2000 a head you get to take a trip with 3 other people for an hour. Also fully tax deductible

ummmmm......$2,500.00 so says, the flyer.

I doubt they will be flying this March as one of the employees there told me they are trying to raise money for another engine....eep !

Dang they bumped it up Inflation!

I think they could bring down the price a lot. All they would need to do is carry more passengers on each flight. Taken the bomb load they were carriing, it won't be a weight issue. This way, more people I think would be able to afford the flight. For me and my two sons... $7,500 ouch.

Stinger

It would be a treat just to see it take off . A real piece of history.
Interesting point Ian, volume pricing , I wonder what the best group size and rate would be?

Theres a combination of issues with the Lanc. First people wait years and come from around the world to take a flight, and it is INCREDIBLY maintenance intensive.

They're restricted by Transport Canada on passenger loads, it's complicated because they are not a 'commercial carrier' of passengers.

My dad has been up in the Harvard and Beech 18, both are much more reasonable. With a membership ($125.00 + $16.25 HST), they're $275 and $60 respectively.. http://www.warplane.com/pages/membership.html

Prices have gone up, but these aircraft are 75-80 years old

Windsor has a Lancaster that they are trying to restore. It's a complete mess, it was on display in a park for years and was abused. The park now has two Spitfires on display on pillers where the bomber used to be.

One has to ask where is the government funding to preserve our Canadian history

knispel wrote:

One has to ask where is the government funding to preserve our Canadian history

Absolutely none for the warplane museum, they receive no public money. They survive from daily school trips

The one in Windsor is also mainly funded by donations too. They are also restoring a Mosquito.
I haven't been there since they move to there new location. Would like to get to one in Hamilton one day. Been to a nice one in Halifax.

http://www.ch2a.ca/

You could get a ride in a B-17 for $375 USD about 12 years ago. I think it is closer to $500 now but I haven't seen a rideable B-17 in awhile. I got to walk through one last year for $12. I would have given triple that easily! I also got to fondle a replica Fokker drVII, Fokker Tri-plane, as well as a P-51B at the same show!

CJ781 wrote:

You could get a ride in a B-17 for $375 USD about 12 years ago. I think it is closer to $500 now but I haven't seen a rideable B-17 in awhile. I got to walk through one last year for $12. I would have given triple that easily! I also got to fondle a replica Fokker drVII, Fokker Tri-plane, as well as a P-51B at the same show!

Here is one you can still go up in....

"Visitors also may take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly an actual mission aboard the B-17 or B-24. Flight experiences allow visitors to fly aboard the aircraft for the ultimate in hands-on learning. Flights in the B-17 and B-24 are 30 minutes in duration and are a tax-deductible donation of $425 per person. Interested visitors should call 978-562-9182 for reservations. Reservations are recommended."

Yates County, NY
http://yatesny.com/index.php/news/entry/2012/07/

There you go , US citizens get to promote the things that secured thier ( OUR ) freedom . Here we get harassed and jailed if we have or want a replica paper mache ( paper ) weapons.

Wonder if they would let you back in to the Great White North if one was to go south for this experiance?