As everyone else seemed to be having a blast, I decided to trundle down to Hamilton and take a few pics. Here’s the results.
To catch up with the Halifax etc at Trenton, my visit is in the thread here
As ever, Q’s and comments welcome.
Cheers / Salut
By: Stieglitz - 19th July 2004 at 15:02
Realy nice pics!
Hopefully the Lysander can get ready soon. It looks nice in its target-tugg sheme! 😎
Thanks for posting JDK!
J.V.
By: Peter - 19th July 2004 at 14:36
Yes it is a mockup very well done actually. Apparently they had audio running at one time of the crew returning from a mission…..
By: British Canuck - 19th July 2004 at 13:11
I think the rear fuselage in that pictures is only a mockup..
By: Dave Homewood - 19th July 2004 at 12:21
So James or others in Canada,
Does CWH have two Lancasters then? Or is that only a rear fuselage section and tail in the first shot?
Great photographs by the way.
Cheers
Dave
By: British Canuck - 13th July 2004 at 21:36
CWHM Hunter…
They had an ex-Swiss Air Force Hunter and it has just been sorta leased to a civilian group in Canada and it going to be made airworthly again..after a couple of years it will be returned to CWHM in airworthly condition..
Great museum..great collection..
Really enjoyed the photos..thks..
By: dumaresqc - 13th July 2004 at 21:31
The Canada Aviation Museum frustrates me at times, since you can’t get really close the aircraft. When the collection was in the old WWII hangers, long since gone, it was great. You could walk all around, and under, everything in the collection. And all the right atmosphere that just smelled like old planes. As much as they were firetraps for such a valuable collection, I really miss the old hangers. Wish they had kept one.
But seeing those pictures of the holes in the Hamilton Spitfire, and hearing the story of the guy trying to turn the B-25 prop … well, maybe the CAM has it right afterall. Maybe after the new hanger is done they’ll move things around at bit, and change some of the displays. Just for variety.
Charles
By: JDK - 13th July 2004 at 20:50
Opps! Still my spellik is better 😉
By: JDK - 13th July 2004 at 20:50
Hi Alastair,
It’s a Fleet Fort.
Was built as a trainer, but was too easy to fly, so they were used as radio trainers. That example (they have two on display) is shown one half restored, the other half unrestored; very nice. Oh, and you can sit in the cockpit.
More? Oh, about 200. But I’m short on time. I’ll see what I can do if there’s enough demand.
By: Manonthefence - 13th July 2004 at 20:48
Its a Fleet Fort. This particular example is restored on one ide and inrestored on the other (visible in this shot) side.
Edited to apologise for the Molesworth Moment (chiz) post left as is so as not to spoil the following posts
By: ageorge - 13th July 2004 at 20:44
JDK , what is the aeroplane in the third from bottom shot in the first batch of photos ?? , great shots , any more ?? 🙂
By: Manonthefence - 13th July 2004 at 20:36
It really is a very nice living museum. Very friendsly folks. I believe the DC-3 is the higest time DC-3 (or possibly the oldest flying I forget) example in the world.
They do great coffee to 😀
Thansk for the photos, I really should go back there next year.
By: British Canuck - 13th July 2004 at 19:00
You certainly do not get much of view when in those Lancaster passenger seats..but the trip to the cockpit while in flight would get your heart pumping!!
By: JDK - 13th July 2004 at 18:48
And some more.
The Lanc interior… Airliner seating!
The Spitfire seems to be suffering from curious fingers – while I was there some idiot tried to pull around the B-25 prop. Moved it a few inches too. Moron. 😡
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