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Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:52 am

Supermarine Stranraer

Barney

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:58 am

Who operated this one and what type of operation.>>>>>?

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:34 am

G'day

Just to expand a bit on Barney's correct answer.

This Supermarine Stranraer (R.C.A.F. s/n 914) is from No. 5 (BR) Squadron based at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It later served with No. 4 (BR) Squadron at Ucluelet, British Columbia. After the war it was sold and given the Canadian civil aircraft regsitration CF-BYH and flew with Queen Charlotte Airlines.

Cheers...Chris

*BR- Bomber Reconnaissance

lownslow · Post by **lownslow** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:11 am

Barney, I recognize your boat as a Supermarine Walrus (how on earth did those guys come up with the Spitfire, considering their previous experience?) but the company or use escapes me.

LnS.

Airtids · Post by **Airtids** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:33 am

OK, How about this one?

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:35 am

LnS: Correct but of course it is in 1:48 scale. Operated by Kenting Aviation in Newfoundland/Labrador as a photo and mapping platform. circa 1948

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:37 am

Russian..but never flew even with 16 deisel engines!

BaBoeing · Post by **BaBoeing** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:18 am

Here's a newer one .... not hard , but not common either.

Changes in Latitudes · Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:22 am

I like the lil' Merlin. I always wondered what it would fly like.

lownslow · Post by **lownslow** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:23 am

Last one's a Merlin, the Metro's stubby brother. I always thought you'd need to go about half way between Metro and Merlin to have a properly proportioned airplane.

How about this one?

LnS.

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:45 pm

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin. The R.C.A.F Number 1 Fighter Squadron, Borden, Ontario, operated 12 of the Mk.IIIA version of the British-built fighter from 1926 to 1939. The R.C.A.F.'s first aerobatic display team was performed by Siskins.

lownslow · Post by **lownslow** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:52 pm

I have to say I'm impressed by the Avcanada airplane spotters. Here I was thinking it was a bunch of folks who only cared about the modern big noisies and stuff you see on TV.

Alright, how about this nifty little one-off?

LnS.

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:14 pm

How about this one?

Well it is an Armstrong-Whitworth Siskin IIIA (R.C.A.F. s/n 60) with No. 13 Army Co-operation) Squadron (Auxliary) at Calgary, Alberta of the Non-Permanent Active Air Force. This aircraft was later re-serialed as 360 and the squadron redesignated as No. 113 (F) Squadron (Auxiliary Active Air Force)

It was later relegated to a ground instructional airframe s/n A 29.

Cheers...Chris

Brantford Beech Boy · Post by **Brantford Beech Boy** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:25 pm

Ok, I'll play

how about this little WW2 beastie (with the best manufacturer's name evooor!)

BBB

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:29 pm

Designed by Elsie McGill, it is the Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) Maple Leaf Trainer II.

Brantford Beech Boy's photo is a Blackburn B-24 Skua.

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:40 pm

imarai -

No. 1 (F) Squadron operated four Siskin Mk. IIIA's at R.C.A.F. Station Trenton, Ontario from September 1937 through to June 1938.
They were serial numbers 302, 303, 304 and 309.

The R.C.A.F. operated eight Siskin Mk. IIIA's.
They were taken on strength on the 20th of December 1927 and were struck off strength on the 18th of August 1942.

Cheers...Chris

Moose47 · Post by **Moose47** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:58 pm

G'day

CF-BPU was Canadian Car & Foundry 'Maple Leaf II' (c/n 4). It was owned by CC&F (as of the 8th of January 1940). The Certificate of Registration was No. 2606. This aircraft was exported to the Columbia Aircraft Corporation at Long Island, New York in October, 1940.

Cheers...Chris

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:30 pm

Take a break Chris.

Identify this aircraft:

Tom H · Post by **Tom H** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:14 pm

imarai wrote:Take a break Chris.

Identify this aircraft:

Do believe that is the Prototype for the Fleet Fort, used by the RCAF during the Second World War as a wireless trainer (for the most part).

Chris you're so darn fast I rarely get a shot....good eye.

Tom

Old Dog Flying · Post by **Old Dog Flying** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:58 pm

Tom is right. A friend had 3-4 of them in his yard.

Barney

Shiny Side Up · Post by **Shiny Side Up** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:36 pm

In Russia, there be monsters.

MZUNGO · Post by **MZUNGO** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:52 pm

the first one is a Tu-128 fiddler
and the second is a Su-15 flagon

heres a good one

MIQ · Post by **MIQ** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:57 pm

IL-18, pretty much the coolest Prop I've flown with so far!
Got a cockpit shot of it

imarai · Post by **imarai** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:11 pm

I was a passenger in a CUBANA IL-18 back in the 1980s. A roomy, comfortable and speedy ride.

Here is a mystery ship under construction:

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:18 pm

How about this one of a kind?

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