Great shots Andy!
Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton, Alberta
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lancasterman
Airman
The fork lift truck was used in one of the BCATP bases apparently..
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Crimea_River
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I thought I'd perhaps resurrect this old thread and drum up some pics and videos taken over the last few years since I've neglected this - if there's interest.
Last week we held another successful "Bikes and Bombers" fundraising event where folks come and show of their motorbikes and the museum pulls out their stuff and does some engine runs.
I took this with my iPhone of something you don't see everyday - a Fleet Fawn trainer engine start. I had hoped to upload a video but the file is too large and I'm pretty green at movie editing.
Last week we held another successful "Bikes and Bombers" fundraising event where folks come and show of their motorbikes and the museum pulls out their stuff and does some engine runs.
I took this with my iPhone of something you don't see everyday - a Fleet Fawn trainer engine start. I had hoped to upload a video but the file is too large and I'm pretty green at movie editing.
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
Excellent stuff Andy. More please.
Jeff
Jeff
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Andy, looking forward to more.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
The museum also has a nicely restored Bollingbroke painted up as the mount of P/O Barry Davidsonof my home town, Calgary. Davidson was the famous "Scrounger" of the Great Escape fame and his son, also named Barry, is on our board of directors for the Mosquito and Hurricane restoration projects.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice shots Andy. I can't remember - is the Bollingbroke airworthy ?
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all. No Terry and I don't think the engines have run in the time that I have lived here.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks Andy. Be nice if it could be made airworthy, but probably a long job, if the Duxford example is anything to go by.
fubar57
General
Nice shots Andy
Good shots Andy!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
A longer term restoration, the museum's Beech 18.
fubar57
General
Nice. I had one flight out of a fire camp in one of those but I don't know its history. Last I heard it did a wheels up landing on a reserve gravel runway
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Second aircraft I flew in as an Air Cadet at summer camp in Abbotsford. A long time ago.
Love them pics Andy.
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Crimea_River
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Last Saturday, after a day working on the Mosquito, a group of our volunteers and me stayed down at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton to attend a fund raising dinner and auction to help with the costs of a planned expansion of the museum to house its growing collection of artifacts and to provide a large taxi area for the Lancaster and other operable aircraft at the facility. After a wonderful dinner of BBQ hickory smoked roast beef and a live and silent auction, we headed outdoors for an exciting night engine run of the Lancaster. Here are a couple of pics and short video clips that I took of that event. Great to see all 4 Merlins spitting blue flames!
