I have attached a photo of a 7/8ths scale replica of the aircraft the engine came from originally. This replica is in Calgary, Alberta. The original is long gone I am afraid.

Cheers,

Mike Fletcher

This replica is actually at the Alberta Aviation Museum, in Edmonton, Alberta.

Here are few more pics.

Link: http://books.google.ca/books?id=JDg0qXuODnkC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Lamblin+radiators&source=bl&ots=derONHWO7Q&sig=95YRwi-_itoCHffo_rUOSBVABds&hl=en&ei=HaFyTab5Jo_2swOuj7S6Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Lamblin%20radiators&f=false

From the Air International 1980 Yearbook.

A real beauty. Great photograghy, too.
Would love to go up for a flight it that one.

Chris

A couple of interior pics, from the Profile Publication book.

I hope this is useful.

Chris

Data and hypothesis – other British open-cockpit types – (Hawker Hart (IIRC) and Avro 626) sent to Canada had ‘one off’ coupe tops fitted.

The Swordfish in Canada later were famously fitted with the canopy (locally designed?) which gave rise to the mythic ‘Mk.IV’ designation.

The Canadian produced Lysanders had proper (i.e. not British) heaters fitted for the somewhat draughty cockpit.

Canadian Tigers were the ones which got the canopy, of course.

In the period blind flying instruction was carried out under canvas hoods in the Commonwealth services – I’m not aware of dedicated ‘hard top’ covers being used – anyone?

Therefore there’s no good evidence for anything else, like blind flying (good suggestion though! Evidence to prove me wrong with that statement welcome too…) and ample evidence of winterisation efforts (unsurprisingly) carried out from ad-hoc examples to mass production.

Just eddicated guesswork, of course.

Don’t forget the RCAF’s Blackburn Sharks. They were fitted with a canopy, too.

Steve, this may not be of much interest to you, but I’m posting it anyway.

Stormbird262 wrote ” That’s blooody friggin cold , we get nothing that cold down ere in Oz! “

The winter cold here goes way beyond ” friggin. “