very warm outside

its not even the beginning of april and were only in the 1st half of march and the temperatures are up into the double digits, tomorrow is going to be plus 20 degrees ferenheit. Its so very odd that its more like summer and we havent even hit march 21at which is the first day of spring!!

thats all!!

Some Canadian geese

Darren Elliott

Jet Aircraft Museum

Volunteer/Member

jetaircraftmuseum.ca

So I fell and almost broke my back

I'm so glad that I didn't break my back but I'm in a lot of pain...

Brian doing yard work

It's been a weird winter...

The last few winters have been pretty normal with snow on author ground through out the winter but this is just one of those years where the winter is only around on the weekend and this week is supposed to go back to +5 degrees so we will see what happens this weekend coming up and if it snows again...

Brought the iPad over to the hill so I can blog, chat and check things out...I'll test sendings photo to the blog later...

Enjoy

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member
jetaircraftmuseum.ca

Outside right now

The month so far

Sofar were fighting a war to hope that it stays cold and they can keep making snow over at the ski hill I work at but then mother nature fights back and the sun comes out and were back to square one. Right now a lot of snow has melted after a few days of cold and a day or so full of snowfall. I'm looking out my window and it's bare out there we had about 3 or 4cm of snow and then now it's melting...last night we got tons of rain so that melts the snow... Anyways life is ok, for now...I just wanted to update everyone for this week...I'll update you soon... Bye

review of 2011

January

-same as any january

 

february

lessons and school groups at the hill(hard at work)

 

March

nothing big and or new

 

April

 

17th-Birthday, in the afternoon my mom and wally and anne went to the katana kafe and had lunch to celebrate my b-day (weather was foggy)

 

May

 

5-6th Hamilton Av Expo first airshow or expo of the season

27-CWH airshow firt real propper outdoor airshow 

 

June

 

24-26 GLIAS, probably the best airshow of the year...

 

July

nothing big

 

August

20th and 21st-KW  airshow.

 

Was probably the last airshow of the season

 

September

 

unknown date, we had our 3rd successful doors open/open house thing...we had 3 flights with members who paid in full for a half hour flight...

I had my old camera there and took some shots but at the time had no long lens  

 

24th-Tillsonburg CHAA wings and wheels

met steve and paul at the airport at 9am and set up the booth, was pretty simple and straight forward, we were there to sell calendars and pass out pamphlets etc. I met eric dumigan (airic.ca) and finally met kevin moore at the show as well. I tried out eric dumigans camera and tried to take osme shots with my old camera which I had found a longer lens at that point in time

 

October to December

same old same old

 

thanks for reading

 

 

 

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member

Happy holidays from the Elliott's

not much new

just thought I would check in on things even though I know there is not much going on....

 

loving being with buffalo again and heres some shots

 

have a great day!!

 

 

 

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member

back with buffalo virtual

well for the past few weeks now i have been back with buffalo virtual, enjoying the time while im back there. Been doing a few online flights with them..

anyways i cant sleep so im up posting this

blogging again

its been two months since I've blogged and to say the least I'm sorry, ill try to keep more up to date as much as I can..

 

 

things are wrapping up with the aishow season, so for most of what I've done for JAM is done unless we get into some malls to put the photoship  or whatever. I wont give out much info but yesterday we had a great fundraising meeting. We chatted about other things we could do about the calendar sales and stuff. Like I sadi I wont discuss the specifics but after the meeting we all wanted to get some pizza or something. But we decided to go to the Katana Kafe after and it turned out to be quite a nice time to chat with the other members about other things going on.

 

anyways Ill talk to you all soon!!

 

 

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member

what other person..

"Ah, emotions. Can't live without 'em, but sometimes, like on the 1st and 2nd, you might wish you could. Well, instead of trying to wish your emotions away as the month begins, do your best to be glad you have them, even if they're a little bit difficult sometimes. After all, they are a sign of health. Not only that, but they are very helpful guides as you navigate this thing called 'life.' Difficulties point you to the places where you might need to do some extra work, or make some changes, or let yourself be yourself more completely. By the highly ambitious 6th and 7th, you're in overdrive. You know what you want and by golly, you are going to get it. Great! Just don't forget to keep working out, while you're go-getting, particularly on the tricky 10th, 11th and 12th. You're a star, the super-shiny 13th and 14th. So sparkle! If you have family (or urban family) obligations on the 20th, 21st or 22nd, fulfill them. It'll be fun. Take your time on the 27th and 28th. After all, you need to focus on the other person. Wrap up the month with more emotions on the 30th. How does that feel?"

 

um...there is no other person at the moment...what do they mean

 

 

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member

Its Taken 3 years to make it to this

This photo posted below, taken in 2009 was supposed to be the arrival of two more t-33’s to london. This is where being with the jet aircraft museum began. As tomorrow begins a new day and we start up 346 for an official flight. All the work thats been done with these aircraft id like to thank all the guys in the Jet aircraft museum maintenance division of JAM a big thanks for all your work.

 

Most of all the big things that have happened at Jam was in the  year 2009. Thats when 90% of the aircraft had been flown in. There were times of joy there were times of sadness. Before i took this photo i had been hanging aorund with these guys waiting for two aircraft to leave CPZ3 Mountainview, Ontario and fly to london, they had a short window of a few hours before the clouds moved in or soemthing and they tried and tried but the fix took longer than they thought and so we had to go or leave or whatever. I was finishing off my college degree at the time and the JAM building was where these guys are all standing. Every afternoon when i was done my classes id go to the airport and wouldnt be back untill after 8 or 9 pm as i watched katanas and cessnas and twin pipers.

In 2009 at the 1st Doors open i met the current (at the time)London Mayor, Anne Marie Decicco best. This was our official grand opening. I was there early with dad to help set up and to get things ready before dawning the reflective vest to go work the parking lot. I actually guided Mrs Best to where she should park. I would have thought shed have the biggest security force and haver her own bus or limo or other ways of transportation but she didnt and she came with her 1990’s Pontiac Grand Am type car. Anyways I also met the President of the CYXU Airport as he was there to cut the ribbon. Like i said it was the  first offical grand opening and all the ones since then have been there to get more word out/referrals etc to other people that we are there.

We had a few aircraft visitors who came to have a burger and a break in their schedules. 3 Harvards from CHAA in tilsonburg flew in. We had a ryan navion piainted up like a luftwaffe FW-190 (C-FWOL). We also had two russian jets an L-39 #69 and an L-29. It was a fun day…

 

hope tomorrow is as better as that one was

How #577 used to look like…very drab

heres a photo from 3 years ago when JAM or KW’s Flightline had aquired T-33 number 577.

Now heres what she looks like
The MAKO SHARK!!!! ARRRGHHHHH

looks good eh

not so busy weekend.

normally the last few weekends in the summer have been very busy for me and my family. Weddings and buck n does, airshows/music festivals and the like. But the last few weeks have been very not busy, and has given me time to chill/swim/listen to music out by the pool and get back to being myself.

this weekend we planned to have my aunt and uncle, their son's roomate or schoolmate from back in the day or something. and their kids to come to have an afternoon lunch of corn and chicken kabobs etc...

they both arrived here at about 2pm yesterday and was happily hanging out by the pool but it eventually turned into a small rainstorm. Usually when i start to see lighting or thunder i dont try to even think about going into a pool. but my neighbors kid decided to stop in on the way home from work and i said sure, lets go swimming (inside my mind i was saying no!!) but we ended up in the pool the whole time the storm was coming through, because there was no lightning. anyways other than that the weekend went off without a hitch. If you saw my post about maybe going to wallaceburg on the 13th, i probably am not going to go!!...its just too far just for 5 or so hours...so i am going to jump ahead of that and prepare to go to kitchener in two weeks for the airshow,  the same weekend as the mopar fest....arrrgggg!!!

in september JAM has the open house and ill be possiblyt working in the beer tent as i have a smart serv certificate.

oh and i bought these incredibly awesome wireless speakers from the source (electronics store) for only $70!!!  they werk wonderfully...anyways that my blog for august 8th 2011..

cheers and have fun!!

wonder who this is?

"Someone in your life is going through some heavy issues that you might not be aware of. This person's recent odd behavior could be leaking into your relationship and subtly -- almost subliminally -- affecting it in a very negative way. Let this person know that you are concerned, and give her or him space to realize the impact this behavior could be having -- don't be hasty with demands to shape up. Your patience and support are needed right now."-Yahoo Horoscopes..

 

wonder who that could be!!!

 

 

Darren Elliott
Jet Aircraft Museum
Volunteer/Member

u2 dream again

last nitghts dream was very weird becuase i was in some tour group or something, i dont remeber being a part of it or doing anything with it but i remember just touring with some choir or school group...were trying to do some rendition of a movie or something, then one of the people playing guitars was playing wildy and ended up going outside for some reason and then some woman followed him and they sat on thier knees, then i was on a bus(the wrong one, because i was trying to find the right bus, as the choir group i was in wasx heading back to the school or the homes, but i missed it and got a bus with people ive never met.And then my vantage point was moved to see this guy walking and he had his right arm streched out with his left arm holing his inner elbow area and then thats when i woke up!!

Hot HOT heat,

it haa been very very hot here in ontario, very hot indeed...

one the busiest summers on my record

I apologize on the behindness i am at right now but it seems every weekend is busy and i either have airshows or folk fests and weddings. Yesterday we did it all in one day, went to a reception for a wedding of my neighbors that lives around the corner and we went to a buck and oe the same night for my neighbor...and the weekend before i was folk festival selling beer tickets, the weekend before that st thomas airshow. Now as i dont think there are anything big until  kitchener airshow but im sure there are lots of events here and there.

My other reason for posting is that some people at airshows can be brutaly not polite at all at most airshows. They just want to sit cloe by and dont care to knock people over to find the best seat, however on the saturday or sunday show a very nice family whith their young granson and father and grand father noticed i was trying to take shot of the aircraft flying or taxiing, and let me move right next to bob, um i have no idea what is last name is but hes with jam!! anyways as soon as they were gone for the day everybody moded up!!! and it was almost a fight to get the best spot...no one polit about it atg all...and i didt get their names but i will cherish their thoughfulness for years to come...

to that random family thank you!!