WARBIRDS, scale R/C's

Last weekend I attended the 25th anniversary Ottawa Valley IMAA giant scale event which is held near Kingston, Ont and what an event it was. Perfect weather & more warbirds than usual along with a few pilots skilled enough to do high speed low level passes. From a photographers point of view it was great. To qualify as giant scale they have to be 1/4 scale of larger but that rule doesn't insist on true scale so there are lots of scale looking planes that pass from a distance but not close up. These pass the up close & personal test.

Nice shots, love the Skyraider!

Good work. I especially like the closer perspective on the Spitfire.

Thanks. The Skyraider got a lot of attention and so did the Spit. The owner / pilot of the Skyraider also flew the ME 109 & (and I think that P 51 is his too). It was his first time attending the event & he put on a great show doing low level passes throughout each flight. The Spitfire had a rough landing & tore one retract off but he's a regular at many local events. Fortunately the sun is in the right place for great lighting in the mornings at that particular field.

very sweet series !! these are always fun to shoot and great practice for the larger versions !!