Wasn’t KA114 owned by Ed Zalesky? I’ve heard that it was complete, and substantially intact. Well, when my source saw it, it was dismantled, but the wing and fuselage were both in one piece.

I don’t know much about KA114, but the Zalesky also owned CF-HML which sounds like the plane your source saw. I would love to hear more about KA114 if someone has any info.

I wonder if the for sale plane is CF-HMS?

Jim

I’ve never been a fan of the Cleveland, Ohio, airshow. Big hype, big prices, almost no warbirds, almost no static displays, too many aerobatics, and big gaps with no flying. Sad for a city that used to hold the Air Races.

Boring.

Jim

While I agree that the Harrier is very complex, isn’t the U.S. restoration with FHC. If anyone can afford to do it…they can! Deep pockets can solve many problems.

Jim

The Yankee Air Force Pembroke C.51 is ex RM-1 now N51973. I was just asking about this plane and it is still in NJ rotting away.

Sad,

Jim

There are quite a few Ansons in Canada. Besides those already mentioned, the CWH has a Mk. 5 CF-HOT that used to fly. Not sure if they fly it anymore. There is also a Mk. 5 at the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa as well.

I was recently on the trail of an Anson surviving in the U.S. Here it is in the 70s:

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Wrecks/Wrecks.html

There are two Ansons on the U.S. civil register

N7522
N5054

I think the plane in the pic is N5054. Where is it now?

Jim

CWH are building one complete Bolingbroke (as covered in this months Flypast), which is an amalgam of the forward fuselage of 10040 and rear fuselage of 10117. CWH also restored another unidentified nose, which is sometimes displayed at Hamilton.
As for the rest of the parts, I’m not sure where they are, I has presumed they were still in storage at Hamilton.

The remainder of the airframes are in storage with Vince O’Connor. I guess the airport asked them to move the parts. Personally I’d love to see the CWH give one of the extra airframes to the RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton for restoration and display.

You mention the restored nose section. Has anyone seen it recently. I don’t think I’ve seen it at CWH for years.

Also, I have heard that they started restoring another airframe and then move to the current one. Any idea why?

Jim

The CWH Swiss Vampire FB.9. I believe it was J-1145 now in 400 Squ. markings.

This is the second Vampire owned by the CWH. Back in the 1980s the CWH had a non-flying ex-RCAF Vampire 17020/N6863D. It was traded or sold away before the new building was built and static jets were added to the Museum

Jim