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Re: Vacation in Atlantic Canada?
Posted by TonyD on Thu Aug 22, 2002 04:34:25 PM
In reply top Re: Vacation in Atlantic Canada? posted by Steve Tournay on Wed Aug 21, 2002 08:06:28 PM
I saw the Firefly in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and the changes were not huge unfortunately. The Shearwater Av Museum goes from strength to strength. All the former gate guardians at the base are now destined for the museum (Harvard, TBM (that was pulled out of the Bedford Basin IIRC), Whirlwind, Tracker, T33). The nice straight wing jet that escapes me at the mo' was repainted and restored in 2001....oh yes Banshee. The Museum up near Halifax airport is good too....make sure you go in the trees to look at the Hudson. Greenwood's Lanc and other nice aeroplanes are well worth a trip......oh yes make sure you visit Halifax (the maritime museum has an extremely poignant display on the biggest non nuke man made explosion), drink lots of Moosehead and visit the Lower Deck for live music......
I need my Nova Scotia fix methinx!!!
: : Hi guys, Iam going soon to Atlantic Canada and was wonde
: ri
: : ng what is there for aviation museums?
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: Hi Fred--
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: Besides the three mentioned museums, there are static-di
: splay aircraft at several locations, notably a Lancaster a
: t Edmunston NB, Argus and CF-101 at Summerside PEI and CF-
: 100 at Moncton NB. There should also be several of the wel
: l-known TBM-3 sprayers at Forest Protection Ltd. in Freder
: icton NB awaiting sale.
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: I'm also heading to the east coast in a few weeks for th
: e CAAA aviation art convention at Shearwater; keenly looki
: ng forward to seeing progress on their Fairey Firefly in p
: articular. Hope you have a good trip!
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: Cheers
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: S.