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Wonderful piece of engineering! Brings to mind the expression - "Too many moving parts!". Like a symphony orchestra where one instrument out of tune makes a difference overall. No wonder turbos took over.

I still remember the roar of the RCN Sea Furies making low passes at exhibitions across the country.
 
And here is a grand-grand-granddad of them all-3 cylinder Anzani aero engine.Developed from twin cylinder motorcycle engine it powered most of Bleriot XI machines build prior to WW1.

Bleriot XI aircraft (along with many others) was a backbone of early military aviation and many of the "firsts" were done on them.

Later on Anzani developed Y configured engine,then 6 cylinder and so on.English had their own maker of aero engines who went in the same direction of development-those were JAP engines.

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In the middle of that cloud of smoke, is the largest, most heavily armed, Battleship ever made, she never got into the peer-to-peer battleship fight she was designed for.

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On April 6, she debarked from Tokuyama, under orders to become, effectively, the largest Kamikaze ever made. Only partially fueled, but with a full load in her magazine, she set off to attack the vastly superior American invasion forces and fleet at Okinawa. The plan was for her to ram her way full speed through the American naval screen and beach herself on the shores of Okinawa, and fight until she had expended all her ammo. She never made it.

On April 7, 1945, she was picked up by American carrier aircraft, who shadowed her for several hours while American carriers prepared an attack. Even with a destroyer screen, within 2 hours of the initial attack by carrier aircraft, she was on fire and listing heavily, when her main magazine exploded and she slipped beneath the surface. The Yamato took 3055 of her 3332 crew with her.
 
I post info on other forums I frequent since so very few people even know about existence of CWH Museum,never mind visiting planes and other events.

I know there is a rule somewhere in CGN playbook about advertisements and I hope mods wont mind me posting info like that every so often.

Like many here I enjoy supporting museums and organisations of this kind and would love to find out about upcoming events in other places.

And since this is a picture thread:events like this one are always fun for the family

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the discarding of Lancasters and other Canadian Military airplanes after VE day

On September 24 the squadron took off for the final leg of its trip. Destination was Pearce, Alberta, from where the Lancasters were to be sold off or destroyed. This leg has been described by one participant as 'how World War II came to the Prairies.' Once out of Winnipeg, the gaggle of Lancasters set about terrorizing the countryside between there and Pearce. Aircraft, even as big as they were, flew under telegraph wires; one, flew so low it over a farm, it collided with a barnyard duck. Another pilot buzzed a train and recalls his last impression as seeing the startled look of disbelief on the engineer's face as he pulled down his blind!"

On arrival at their final destination, the planes were sold for scrap, although some were also burned on site. Trainers were offered in flyable condition. $800 would buy you a Cornell or a Crane. For $900 you could walk away with a Harvard. Anson V's sold for $5000, and a Canso (PBY Catalina to Americans) commanded $25,000.

'Barnyard bombers' were well worth the fifty dollars asking price. To begin with, a farmer could count on recouping his investment by simply draining gas and antifreeze from his plane. Tires were just fine for a farm wagon. A tailwheel fit the wheelbarrow.

For years to come the carcass would be a veritable hardware store of nuts and bolts, piping and wiring. In the meantime it made a suitable chicken coop for storage shed. One farmer converted the nose of his Anson into a snowmobile. Bit Waco gliders were hauled away just for their packing cases.


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