Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 17, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 17, 2020 Mostly operating from Magnificent and Bonaventure. And of course Shearwater. Trackers, Avengers, Banshees, Sea Furies, Seafires, H-19, Bell 47, and HUPs Cool pics. Big aircraft, little carriers. Some very interesting modeling ideas here. If you have some unique and/or seldom seen pics, let’s see them and get the juices flowing. Nationality unimportant, cool pics very important 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 AWESOME pics Ernie, I spent nearly an hour enjoying them, thanks for sharing and great thread idea 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJTX Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Stupid statement, but I honestly had no idea Canada ever had a carrier. I also thought a Felixstowe had a bleed air line for awhile..... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 18, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted December 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, TJTX said: Stupid statement, but I honestly had no idea Canada ever had a carrier. I also thought a Felixstowe had a bleed air line for awhile..... Up until the 1970s. And the bleed air on the Felix was amazingly hilarious! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 38 minutes ago, TJTX said: Stupid statement, but I honestly had no idea Canada ever had a carrier. I also thought a Felixstowe had a bleed air line for awhile..... Had two actually, Magnificent, and Bonaventure.................... you are probably shaving with them now.... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Wow, thanks Ern....harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 18, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted December 18, 2020 It’s amazing now long lived the Avenger turned out to be. They soldiered on into the early 60s, and then had new leases on life as mapping aircraft and firefighting aircraft. An overlooked design. Too pedestrian for some? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Awesome pics Ernie! Canadian Naval Aviation is a favorite modelling subject of mine! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 18, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Winnie said: Awesome pics Ernie! Canadian Naval Aviation is a favorite modelling subject of mine! Thanks Harald! It’s certainly an overlooked part of North Atlantic defense. I still marvel at how the operated jet fighters and Trackers off those postage stamps. Hey must have been in hog heaven when they trapped onboard the Big US carriers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Thanks. I can almost see Comox from my house. I see the big Labs overhead every once and a while doing S&R training . We have an aerodrome here too , used to have a Fly-In and get around 40 planes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Amazing pictures , Thank You Ernie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Great pix for nasal radiation! *used to live next door to an old PBY pilot before his passing, he always found it amusing to slightly mispronounce naval aviation 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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