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March 31, 2025 at 10:58 am in reply to: Skyraider #1103562

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Behind the Lines

I remember a story of a Skyraider in Vietnam landing behind enemy lines to pick up a fellow pilot who had been shot down. Is this true?

Affirmative.

May 30, 2019 at 2:55 pm in reply to: Canadian Tempest II coming together. #796549

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From their FB page:
“We do have a Centaurus and we may have it restrored (sic) eventually but our priority is to see this aircraft in the air. Thank you for all your comments!”

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April 5, 2019 at 1:21 am in reply to: Fuselage Painted! — Mk XII Hurricane #809461

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North Bay … CCF …
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May 2, 2018 at 2:04 pm in reply to: 3D CAD- RAF Browning .303 #806628

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Mike, the Bentley drawings are virtual works of art.
Yes, this is the .50 M2, but it might be of interest to you.

https://www.albentley-drawings.com/drawings/equipment/guns/browning-0-50-in-machine-gun-and-flexible-mounting/

April 23, 2018 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Roy Brown & The Red Baron #809791

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Creaking Door:
If you ever get the chance, you should drive across the country from the Maritimes, across the prairies, and through the Rockies.
When you get out into the prairies, you’ll quickly realize that the old guys in the
Middle Ages were correct in that the Earth IS flat !!

Grew up in Vancouver. It sure has grown since I was a kid. Beautiful city!
I believe one of your (British) aviation magazines ran an article on the airbase and range at Cold Lake a few years ago. In the article, they overlayed
the range on a map of Europe. The range covered the entire map!

April 23, 2018 at 1:52 pm in reply to: Roy Brown & The Red Baron #809814

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Yes, there is an Uxbridge, Ontario, and …. a London, Ontario, a Paris and a Stratford, Ontario, among others. There’s even a Washington which happens to be no more than an old crossroads town not far from London. Oh, other towns in Ontario include a Waterloo, a Kitchener, and a Cambridge. 🙂 Of course, everybody knows Toronto, but it’s not the only city in Ontario. Did I mention Kingston, or Sandhurst? Yes, both in Ontario, although Sandhurst in size is far from being a city.

Just googled Ontario – the province is only 415,600 square miles. Yes, miles.

March 12, 2018 at 11:18 pm in reply to: Shot Down and Back Up Again #824754

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Wow
Thanks for posting that, Hornchurch!

32 times downed is amazing, but in lo-level bombing, I would assume that he landed/crash landed on most, if not all the times he was shot down,
as low level bombing/strafing would entail insufficient altitude for using a parachute.

Is there any documentation on times under a parachute as opposed to crash landing?

March 9, 2018 at 1:42 pm in reply to: Shot Down and Back Up Again #825868

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Snapper –
“you’d want take-off and landing numbers to match in an ideal world! “

Well, I’ve got to admit that in my own “ideal world, ” having been under canopy many, many times, I’m one of those guys who managed to
rack up many, many more take-offs in aircraft than landings…… 🙂

March 9, 2018 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Shot Down and Back Up Again #825884

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Snapper:

Perhaps “dubious” was not the best choice of words – what I meant was being shot down umpteen times was not the kind of record one would choose to break. 🙂
Being an old soldier,/paratrooper/skydiver/pilot myself, I’ve got nothing but respect for those pilots who went up day after day to brave the odds. Brave indeed.
When I look in the cockpits of WW2 aircraft, I never seem to fail to note that other than an armored glass windshield, and armor plate behind the pilot, the fuselage
sides were composed of thin sheets of aluminum, devoid of armor. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.

August 10, 2017 at 2:25 pm in reply to: Comprehensive set of Mosquito drawings found at Broughton. #779339

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Don’t the Smithsonian drawings come with a disclaimer that prohibits their use for the construction of an aircraft?

July 5, 2017 at 8:06 pm in reply to: Sea Fury Roundup challenge… #801958

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Sea Fury – Ottawa

On display at the Canadian Aviation & Space Museum in Ottawa.

April 16, 2017 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Bf109E replica being built in Cornwall #838376

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Molded Parts

All sorted now….

And how good it is today to be able to get on without everyone in at work. So much has been achieved today. Will find out later on way home, if there are any Easter Eggs left (Marmite?) and perhaps a bottle of wine! But seriously, it is getting there. The castellation ring copies match up precisely with the blade we obtained in Switzerland and the copies of the latter have come out well too. The port air intake looks wonderful and the hub and spinner are off to be molded. Work now turns towards the canopy. But that can wait until Tuesday now! 🙂

Out of curiosity, what material is used to fabricate the molded parts? It doesn’t look like fiberglass.

November 7, 2016 at 2:56 pm in reply to: GRP Merlin Engine ??? #840617

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The guy you should get in touch with is Tom Kay in Ottawa.

http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24071

September 18, 2016 at 10:29 pm in reply to: London, Ontario #450874

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London, Ontario

Here. A few more … Unfortunately, I had to leave before the Snowbirds and the F-22s from Langley took to the air …. A couple of Ohio NG F-16s which were performing had to make a quick trip back down to Ohio to overfly a football game before coming back to perform – what would have been an eight or ten hour return road trip done in a matter of minutes. 🙂

The first Skyhawk to jump carried the American flag as the US national anthem was played in honor of our US guests. He was followed by a trio with our Maple Leaf as O Canada played.

I’ll include an old shot of the Snowbirds, taken down in Langley or maybe in Virginia Beach.

June 17, 2016 at 1:49 pm in reply to: RAF & Luftwaffe pilots wings ? #849951

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Try Facebook – The Collection Room (WW2 German Militaria)
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