Very inspiring to say the least! at the start of the war I believe these aircraft were in most supply for the RAF, it was sad there were no Mk 1s around until now, well done Colin, John and all you chaps at the “palace”, cheers Darrell

Upon looking for ads I found this magazine insert from the Toronto Star weekly from 1968, a story about the movie “Battle of Britain” imagine the actor Robert Shaw getting pointers from Ginger Lacey and Peter Townsend! not to mention Douglas Bader!!!

throttle money

Well I have discussed these historic items at length with Peter, and never surprises me where and when “stuff” turns up, I suspect will go for large coin, there is no priceguide for these items and of course the old supply and demand, myself included and everyone else has needed an item and had to pay to get it, but of course we all have had a “score” at the local yard sale for peanuts I am sure. I always am jealous of the chap who just spends loads of coin to buy something and just sqirrels the items away not to be seen like Peter does, so an arguement could be made about everyone seeing said items and items for museums, now most of you will agree you probably could have your own museums in your “garage” but how many people can enjoy it? food for thought anyway, but I am watching in earnest the Hally throttles and still seek the elusive Lanc control wheels from KB889 that was pinched, from the aircraft in the 1970s, cheers Darrell

So Mike you have a complete roadside relics from Canada? could be interesting, Peter I guess we could google up Proctor golf course? Darrell

Kentings Mossie BFP

Besides the obvious, a beautiful Kenting Mosquito Blind flying panel and various other small Mossie bits from Kentings spares, where is turretboy and Fleet16, tell us what they have? cheers Darrell

Thats the late Ken Gambles Harvard which sat out alongside highway 6 south of the 401, a mainstay along that stretch of road for 40 plus years! weather has taken its toll on the airframe,a nice addition to the museum, of course the beloved “Annie” doesn t get the credit its due as well, backbone of the BCATP for sure. Boeing and Canada Car made the bulk of the airframes and also to mention the many sub-assembly companies that contributed to the complete products, General Electric, Cockshutt, Massey-Harris to name a couple and many of the small furniture businesses with woodworks, quite a story in itself of the manufacture of these beauties, excellent pictures Mike, I should have a couple of 303s soon for my Boly turret that will make a nice display, Mike I will give you a shout next time I go to the museum, cheers Darrell