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No car pics, but, today was our club's annual picnic - at the Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton ON. I was late to the picnic (my friend Dan who came had to preach this morning so we didn't leave till late) - so they were taking things down as we arrived - but a Daimler convertible, Lagonda, Autin Somerset convertible - some very interesting cars. Then did the museum, Dan had never been - it is a great museum for many reasons but, especially because the goal is that all their planes will fly (there was a Stearman Biplane giving rides today) and the planes they are restoring they are restoring in public view.

all in all a good day was had by all.

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Very cool set of photos.
 
What's that last one? Looks like a B-26 but the nose is not plexi and a top turret doesn't seem right.
 
pdplot said:
What's the first one - an Avro Lancaster?
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Yup, it's most famous resident - one of two flying in the world (the sound is unmistakable) Fun Fact - The Lanc was on display for years at Goderich Airport - (one of the locations of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan - which trained over 131,000 personnel during the war - The Air Force officer who signed the plane over to the museum was Kale Vinnicombe who (in retirement) was a neigbour of very good friends and a really amazing guy.
 
Visited the Museum when I worked in the area. It is a very interesting place with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers to answer questions. You can get flights in the Lancaster. A little pricey but the engines have to be rebuilt after about 600 hours I think.
It was flown to the UK several years ago. Was always a thrill to see and hear it flying over head.
Bought the DVD they had on sale on flying it.
It has been converted to duel controls to meet Canada's or FAA requirements. Was single control during it's operation.

David
 
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