Centennial Wings over the Capital
On February 23rd 1909, Canada entered the air age with the flight of the Silver Dart on a frozen lake in Baddeck Nova Scotia. To commemorate the Canadian Centennial of Flight, Flightworks in collaboration with the NCC staged an extraordinary winter event. On Saturday, February 21st Flightworks presented:
Centennial Wings over the Capital
Coinciding with the 3rd and final weekend of Winterlude, the event featured flybys of aircraft over the Rideau Canal Skateway.
| Numerous General Aviation aircraft, including some rare vintage machines |  |
| The Vintage Wings of Canada Mustang Mk IV |  |
| Canadair Regional Jet courtesy of Bombardier |  |
| CRJ-200 courtesy of Nav Canada |  |
| One of the Snowbirds CT-114 Tutors courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces |  |
| The CC-144 Challenger courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces |  |
| A formation of 3 CF-18 Hornets will provide an exciting close to the event. This event will mark the debut of the 2009 Demonstration CF-18 in its Centennial of Flight colours. |  |
This event took place at 1:00 p.m. and was blessed by an unusually bright mild and sunny day. The aircraft followed a route from the Champlain Bridge to Dow's Lake, then follow the Rideau Canal past Landsdowne Park, the University of Ottawa, Ottawa City Hall and Confederation Park. The aircraft crossed the Ottawa river and overfly Jacques-Cartier park and departed to the east.
Download the official Centennial Wings over the Capital Program
For more information about the Centennial of Flight celebrations check out:
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Flightworks is an official Winterlude Collaborator |
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