On Saturday my nephew came into town on the way to the east cost (HFX I think), from Victoria, BC transporting a helicopter for maintenance. He said they needed to stop every 3 hours. The helo was carrying 5 crew.

First they did a fly-past.


They landed and spoke to customs


My nephew Brian, himself


Then some important things like call home. Whether that's HQ or the better half, I'll never know


When the rotor stop turning, they found this guy on top, hitching a ride


Just kidding, actually, this guy never stoped working from the minute they got out of the helo


Here are some close shots of parts of the helo








We were then invited to come in as guests
After doing a night shift I hadn't shaven or got any sleep so be kind



and here's one for the dare to be a pentaxian thread


Now, since we're all a bunch of hams in this family here are a couple more
My grand-niece Tayla


And the biggest ham of all, wearing a t-shirt from the HMCS Ottawa - my nephews ship.


Here's unshaven JC

[mitchkramez]

So cool! What a great experience all around, especially for the kids. It's always fascinating being up close to machinery that cool!

[mtnbearhug]

Great series JC..

You captured the visit well.. Looks like it was good time had by all!!

Thanks for sharin.. now go shave Mr. hairy man.. !!! LOL

Kim

[little laker]

That's cool JC,
I would love to have the opportunity that you just did

[roentarre]

Cool stuff. Almost like a short film or a documentary serie about plane and machine and alike.

You look different from your signature pic

[thomasjmpark]

Great JC It looks like you had good fun that day. The park across from my house gets a visit from the mountain rescue helicopter every now and again, its a yellow version of the one in your pics, very loud!. We also have the RAF fly tornados over very low on training excercises, so low you can actually wave to the pilot! Chinooks too, i love watching them

[JCSullivan]

I really like Helos especially the jet-engined one. I got really excited (they said I was like a little kid with excitement) when I was told my nephew was coming into town with a helo thinking maybe they would take me up but unfortunately NOT. I guess I'm no Prince William going to a stag or visiting the girlfriend (Prince William's Helicopter Fiasco ? and More Royal News! | Helicopters, Kate Middleton, Laws | CitizenSugar - News and Politics)

At 600lbs of fuel for $3000, its too much too expect - or share the costs.

[Peter Zack]

Great series JC. Some good shots and nicely captured to record the event. Lucky you. I'm surprised they would fly this thing over 5000 Kms to Halifax. You'd think it would be easier on the chopper and cheaper to put it in a Hurc and fly it across. Customs? They flew in US airspace?

[KrisK10D]

That's fantastic. Great shots there JC. I got a soft spot for helos too, always wanted to get my licence but sooooo expensive. Best fun I ever had was being winched outta Sea King onto a Aus Navy ship. Shame you couldn't do a Prince Willy

[JCSullivan]

Yeah Peter, it doesn't make sense does it!
They flew in from somewhere in Wisconsin (2 hours away) - I guess they map-out the closest place. I didn't have time to ask many questions, we're a big family and I'm sure he wanted to get over to his mom and dad's.

[bbpa103]

JC. Love helos - thanks for sharing these. Ken.

[k100d]

nice photos ... i would have thought they would have retired those by now, isn't canada getting some new choppers?

[JCSullivan]

This CH-124 Sea King | Aircraft | Canada’s Air Force will answer the question. Promises, promises.

Did you catch yesterday Liverpool vs Chelsea match? A surprising finish to an otherwise borrrrrrring match.

[daacon]

Nice series JC as an airforce brat I can appreacite this series (my Dad was an Airframe tech).

[k100d]

Did you catch yesterday Liverpool vs Chelsea match? A surprising finish to an otherwise borrrrrrring match.

nah i was at work so i miss all these midweek games. i was reading the online commentary from the guardian and the reporter seemed so bummed out he had to do the match, historically all their games have been snoozers, so no surprise there. i did catch the highlights online after, what the heck was riise doing?? ... perfect header tho

i honestly don't know who to cheer for in the Champions League now, i really dislike all of the teams