A Fathers Day Gift

[Matthyro]

I was very lucky to get a 17 minute helicopter ride over Toronto to help celebrate Fathrs Day.
The fist photo shows the helicopter. The lady was another passenger. I was lucky enough to sit in the left seat next to the pilot so could see what he had to do to fly this machine. I also had a view almost straight down through the nose. We took off from Toronto Island Airport.
The second photo shows taken as we were climbing is of Toronto Union Station.

 

[Matthyro]

Next photo shows the tracks leading into the station from the east end.

The second photo shows Toronto east

 

[Matthyro]

Another east photo the we turned and the second photo shows us approaching the CN tower.

 

[Freelancer]

Great shots, and what a great fathers day gift! From up there it looks like one heck of a layout. You just want to scoop it up and take it home with you. What a view!

Happy fathers day!

Freelancer

Oops! Sorry, I didn't realize you weren't finished. Keep em coming!

 

[Matthyro]

The first photo shows some track running east to west in the middle of the city.
I took the second photo while we were turning so got it tilted but it shows the city well looking south.

 

[Matthyro]

The first photo is looking west. The second photo looks east.

 

[Matthyro]

The final photo shows us on our landing approach back to Toronto Island Airport.

 

[Matthyro]

Thanks freelancer. It was a great day to fly. I had hoped we could of gone a bit further north to get to see some CN yard tracks but that would have taken us into the commercial corridor for Toronto's Pearson Airport

 

[ezdays]

Wow Robin, what a great way to celebrate Father's Day. Those are some tariffic shots, I'm sure you'd have spent the day up there if you could.

 

[MasonJar]

Looks like fun Robin!

Andrew

 

[brakie]

Robin,That's to cool! What a Fathers day gift! :thumb:

 

[TomPM]

Cool gift! :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Tileguy]

King for a Day, very thoughtful gift.Looks like you had alot of fun.Nice photos Robin. Looks alot like a really well done Urban N scale layout that was built at about 30-32 inches off the floor in a stadium sized room

I was hoping for a Time machine ride back to about 1912 . No such luck, maybe next year
I did get one railroady gift however.
TrainZ simulator.Of course it was late,but it will be here tomorow

 

[Matthyro]

Yup Tileguy we would all hope to get a time machine ride.

The Trainz simulator is excellent and hope you enjoy it.

This photo taken by the helitours group was put up on their website.

It shows my son-in-law Buddy and myself just befor boarding.

 

[petepuma]

What a great gift! I would have loved that! (If I wasn't such a white knuckled flyer that is...) You should have seen me flying to Atlanta last week...Xanax is my friend!

 

[Clerk]

Great photos Robin. Is the water one of the lakes? I don't know my geogrophy very well.

 

[N Gauger]

What a great gift! I would have loved that! (If I wasn't such a white knuckled flyer that is...) You should have seen me flying to Atlanta last week...Xanax is my friend!

You & me Both!! Went up once ina plane.... got the T-Shirt..... not going up again, if I can help it!!

Great Pics Robin!! What a cool Railfanning trip too!!

 

[Matthyro]

Dick. That is Lake Ontario you see in the photos. For those who haven't tried it yet, I found the ride very smooth and comfortable. At times you can look straight down so I imagine that wouldn't suite everyone.

 

[ezdays]

Dick. That is Lake Ontario you see in the photos. For those who haven't tried it yet, I found the ride very smooth and comfortable. At times you can look straight down so I imagine that wouldn't suite everyone.

I used to have a severe case of acrophobia years ago, but it never stopped me from going on a plane, even heliocopters and I never could figure out why not. I would imagin that even now that I'm over it, looking straight down would be a bit unnearving and hard to take.

 

[Clerk]

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