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I was just thinking...

Posted by Mike Henniger on Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:35:39 PM

In reply top Re: Brantford 2003 photos posted by Tony Broadhurst on Fri Aug 29, 2003 07:45:35 PM

I was just thinking (yes it does happen from time-to-time) that with the CWH carrying training with Cornells and Harvards, and the CHAA in Tillsonburg training with Harvards, Yale(s) (and a Tigermoth?) of how Southern Ontario is starting to look WWII'ish as in BCATP. Wouldn't be cool if an old airstrip on an old BCATP could be reactivated for a gathering of BCATP trainers?

I remember being on an old air field (3 runways tri-angle oriented) in southern Ontario during the early 90's. It was VERY overgrown with weeds and grass, but there was no mistaking that the large driveway I was on was actually a former runway. It was somewhere near highway 3, east of Tillsonburg and Delhi. The name of the towns close-by escape me, and no it wasn't Dunnville. My memory seems to indicate it was in the middle of no where. Industries were starting to "reclaim" the land at the time I was there, and the old hangers were being converted to industrial use. Would be cool if a remaining runway could be refurbished enough to operate Cornells, Harvards, etc. for a day. That would be something to see. Kind of like stepping back in time. Oh well... it is only a dream.

Mike

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