{"id":2319,"date":"2017-10-15T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T23:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2017-12-08T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:48:27","slug":"october-15-victoria-british-columbia-vimy-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/?p=2319","title":{"rendered":"October 15 &#8211; Victoria, British Columbia &#8211; Vimy Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was to be a special day to meet up with the Vimy Flight at their final stop in Victoria, British Columbia. Their replica World War I aircraft have had a very interesting year, from flying over Vimy Ridge, France for the 100 year celebration of the battle at Vimy Ridge, flying across Canada including Parliament Hill in Ottawa, us meeting up with them in Brandon, Manitoba at the Commonwealth Training Plan Museum, and now at their final event in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2621\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4496\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201.jpg 4496w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3201-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4496px) 100vw, 4496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had another easy flight from Abbotsford to Victoria and as usual parked at the Victoria Flying Club.&nbsp;The Club has been around since before World War II and has conducted flight training since then.<\/p>\n<p>After parking at the Victoria Flying Club it was a short walk to the BC Aviation Museum. There is no taxiway access to the museum so you have to park your aircraft nearby on the apron and walk to the museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2624\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4496\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052.jpg 4496w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3052-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4496px) 100vw, 4496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vimy Flight aircraft on display<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2627\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3060-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4244\" height=\"2544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3060-2.jpg 4244w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3060-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3060-2-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3060-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4244px) 100vw, 4244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BeBe Bilic giving the final presentation to the group at the museum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2626\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4496\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054.jpg 4496w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3054-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4496px) 100vw, 4496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Larry Ricker Pre-flight inspection<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2628\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4293\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2.jpg 4293w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3176-2-1024x716.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4293px) 100vw, 4293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob and Larry Ricker met the crew that we met in Brandon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2623\" src=\"http:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4496\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3.jpg 4496w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_3085-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4496px) 100vw, 4496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the final flight Larry carried our Canada Flag that has been across the country this past summer<\/p>\n<p>The final flight for the aircraft &#8211; will be sent to a museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was to be a special day to meet up with the Vimy Flight at their final stop in Victoria, British Columbia. Their replica World War I aircraft have had a very interesting year, from flying over Vimy Ridge, France for the 100 year celebration of the battle at Vimy Ridge, flying across Canada including &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/?p=2319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">October 15 &#8211; Victoria, British Columbia &#8211; Vimy Flight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions\/2634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada150flight2017.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}