| Unofficially boasting the second highest UFO sightings | | | | boast aerial displays, vintage and modern airplanes |
| behind Roswell. Home to Canada's largest nuclear | | | | and always a taste of aerial hot-doggin'. Although |
| bunker! On again, off again, Carp is once again host | | | | hosted on a smaller scale, rivals the big heart and |
| to the annual Ottawa Air Show! Annual destination | | | | excitement of the Abbotsford BC International Air |
| for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Fly-In | | | | Show. |
| Drive-In Breakfast. A location for a Tom Clancy | | | | It's all morning fly-in action surrounding the Annual |
| movie shoot staring Ben Affleck and Morgan | | | | EAA Chapter 245 fly-in breakfast. Sometimes landing |
| Freeman. | | | | back-to-back the pilots, in their kit-built aircraft, circle, |
| Intrigued? Well you should be! The Historic Village of | | | | land and taxi to designated parking spots. Over 50 to |
| Carp has nothing to do with the fish by the same | | | | 60 planes are flown in during this much anticipated |
| name. The seemingly sleepy rural community sits on | | | | event. Pilots eat a hearty breakfast, fuss over their |
| the northwestern fringe of the city of Ottawa - just | | | | aircraft, catch up on news from other pilots, and |
| a bit 'up the valley' as they say in the (Ottawa) | | | | some then take off into the wild blue yonder. Others, |
| Valley. This small village, although predominantly a | | | | like August Lehmann, veteran pilot of 49 years, flew |
| farming community, has some of Canada's defined | | | | in from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to attend |
| history running through its veins. | | | | the annual EAA Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast. Mr. |
| The [debatable] secret building of the four-storey | | | | Lehmann, who flew his custom made 2005 Cessna |
| nuclear fallout Diefenbunker, was a massive Federal | | | | 230 H.P. Cyclone at an average speed of 130 mph, |
| Government construction project completed in 1961. | | | | took the opportunity to visit with friends and |
| Now part of Canadian Cold War history, a tour | | | | relatives along his flight path to Carp, Ontario. |
| through this concert and steel underground fortress | | | | One plane that draws a lot of up-close attention is |
| will stimulate your senses with the intrigue of | | | | the prop-version replica kit of the Canadian Snowbird |
| espionage, spies and covert operations. Come | | | | Team CT-114 Tutor jet, right down to the paint. One |
| prepared to walk up and down stairs. | | | | bi-plane had vintage enthusiasts crowding around for |
| Carp, in the 1960s and 70s, was noted for the | | | | a closer look. Wow! Beautifully lacquered wood |
| unusual number of UFO sightings. This is not | | | | throughout the cockpit and on the wings. Lots of |
| surprising, since the this military bunker was a military | | | | photo opportunities everywhere you turned. It was |
| commissioned, secure defense communications | | | | hard for shutterbugs to keep up. |
| installation. Department of National Defense (DND) | | | | It may start with the Carp Airport, but its charm |
| personnel would cycle through a tour-of-duty for up | | | | doesn't stop there. It has a few more unique |
| to three months inside this bunker facility. | | | | long-standing attractions: |
| For about 40 glorious seconds in the Tom Clancy | | | | 1) Home to Canada's longest running drive-in Bingo as |
| suspense movie "The Sum of all Fears", the | | | | highlighted on the CBC Show 'On The Road Again' |
| Diefenbunker was Mt. Weather, Virginia, USA. The | | | | with Wayne Ronstad. Started in 1954 and still going |
| inclined tunnel leading to the huge steel-vault-like | | | | strong! |
| doors and locations inside the complex were used as | | | | 2) Over 142 years of the Carp Fair, held during the |
| a backdrop for the movie, scripted around a nuclear | | | | last weekend in September! |
| attack on America. | | | | 3) Incredible sunsets and easy access to some of |
| Nice being picked by Hollywood, but the real | | | | the best Snowmobiling and ATV trails in Canada! |
| enticement to visit this rural Ottawa Village is its local | | | | Enough said! C'mon over! Chat with the locals. Bring |
| character. Rooted in agriculture, adds that 'country | | | | your family and friends for a visit to one of Ottawa |
| fair' feel when in June, the Carp Airport hosts the | | | | Valley's gems. |
| Ottawa Air Show and again in August, the | | | | Check out additional images of Carp at (search on |
| Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA Chapter 245 ) | | | | 'Carp Charm'). |
| fly-in breakfast. Both of these Aviation spectacles | | | | |