The Aviators Thread

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Probably not a Heuer Monaco... more rectangular than square !
Photos dated 1991...
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Went to a show & shine in Nanton, Alberta, about 50 kms south of here, today. This is the site of a prominent aviation museum. On days like today, they trundle their Lancaster bomber out of the hangar adjacent to the car show, and they fire up those four magnificent Rolls Royce Merlin engines, to the delight of the crowd. This plane is the end result of a long term project, beginning about 40 years ago when the fuselage was discovered in a farmer’s field, being used as a chicken coop! There is no intention of ever making this plane airworthy. They hope to eventually have a chance to taxi it. But being located where it is at present, I have NO idea how that will ever be possible. We have two Lancasters in Calgary. The second one is static display only, stored in a hangar which is open to the public. It spent about 50 years sitting outdoors on top of a concrete pylon at the entrance to our airport.

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I found this at a thrift store this morning.

I bought it to keep it away from some pot head who would have likely displayed it with his paraphernalia!

Looks like a King’s crown, so may be old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF

At the Bomber Command Museum of Canada museum in Nanton, Alberta, this morning, I saw a sign with the motto of the RCAF…..Per Ardua ad Astra. On tirelessly to the stars.
 
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Per Ardua ad Astra. On tirelessly to the stars.
Also the motto of the RAAF (and other Commonwealth countries), however it translates as "Through Adversity to the Stars".
(Well that's what I remember from my instructor and our rookie exams so many years ago).
 
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Went to a show & shine in Nanton, Alberta, about 50 kms south of here, today. This is the site of a prominent aviation museum. On days like today, they trundle their Lancaster bomber out of the hangar adjacent to the car show, and they fire up those four magnificent Rolls Royce Merlin engines, to the delight of the crowd. This plane is the end result of a long term project, beginning about 40 years ago when the fuselage was discovered in a farmer’s field, being used as a chicken coop! There is no intention of ever making this plane airworthy. They hope to eventually have a chance to taxi it. But being located where it is at present, I have NO idea how that will ever be possible. We have two Lancasters in Calgary. The second one is static display only, stored in a hangar which is open to the public. It spent about 50 years sitting outdoors on top of a concrete pylon at the entrance to our airport.

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Love that place!

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Love that place!

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@Russ Murray doesn’t say it, but the Lancaster bomber located in Nanton, Alberta (see above), and in which he is pictured, is the very Lancaster bomber with the Sugar’s Blues nose art. We were there while it was running, today, but the crowds were too large, and crowd control was such that I was unable to photograph it while it was running.
 
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@Russ Murray doesn’t say it, but the Lancaster bomber located in Nanton, Alberta (see above), and in which he is pictured, is the very Lancaster bomber with the Sugar’s Blues nose art. We were there while it was running, today, but the crowds were too large, and crowd control was such that I was unable to photograph it while it was running.
Yeah, I'd love to be there when they roll out the Lanc and fire up the engines. Understand they have to tie down the tail wheel to keep it from lifting. You're right about the nose art, the museum has a great collection.
 
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Yeah, I'd love to be there when they roll out the Lanc and fire up the engines. Understand they have to tie down the tail wheel to keep it from lifting. You're right about the nose art, the museum has a great collection.

Next time I’m there, I’ll have to check out the tail wheel. While we were there, they had all four Merlins wound up to full revs. WOW!

About 20 years ago, Canada’s Lancaster from the Canadian Warplane Museum was on a tour, and spent several days at the McCall Field airport. We visited it. While it was here, they took a 98-year old veteran for a 20 minute flip in the Lancaster. He had been a loadmaster in the RCAF during WWII, and did many tours in these planes. He was in his glory! The Canadian Lancaster has several Merlins produced by (as I recall), Studebaker.
 
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Next time I’m there, I’ll have to check out the tail wheel. While we were there, they had all four Merlins wound up to full revs. WOW!

About 20 years ago, Canada’s Lancaster from the Canadian Warplane Museum was on a tour, and spent several days at the McCall Field airport. We visited it. While it was here, they took a 98-year old veteran for a 20 minute flip in the Lancaster. He had been a loadmaster in the RCAF during WWII, and did many tours in these planes. He was in his glory! The Canadian Lancaster has several Merlins produced by (as I recall), Studebaker.
That must have been a thrill for that veteran! My dad was a veteran too. He flew Hurricanes and Typhoons in WWII, so as an airforce brat, I'm really into those warbirds. As an aside, my Uncle Larry who I never knew. has his name inscribed on that monument at Nanton. He perished while flying his Wellington on a training mission.
 
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Ouch!
I hope that it's an imprint of someone's glove or it's paint. Otherwise it would be a pretty nasty burn!
 
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Omega Constellations are beautiful, classic watches. And the Constellation aircraft, beautiful as well.

But when both pilots simultaneously say "Uh-Oh", we just want that big, beautiful plane to get back on the ground in one piece.

 
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