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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2016, 20:13
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

aa62, I'm glad you liked the pictures. Not much...

aa62,
I'm glad you liked the pictures. Not much more aviation content in the rest of the trip, but I hope there will be some things of interest.

bigal,

Thanks for that. Keep us posted if you...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2016, 06:39
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

o Day 12 - Bellingham to Wenatchee - continued 2

... and headed east into the Cascade foothills to meet Ian, a British engineer who works in Everett, and in his spare time has at least four restoration projects under way! I first got in contact...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2016, 06:37
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 12 - Bellingham to Wenatchee - continued 1

Driving south out of Bellingham on I-5, I headed for Skagit Regional Airport in Burlington, the new home of the Heritage Flight Museum. (http://heritageflight.org/)

The museum was founded by Bill...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2016, 16:40
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 12 - Bellingham to Wenatchee

Thanks for the encouragement, D9. ;)

Before I continue with my trip to see the N6, here's a great video of Mike explaining the history of the PACV and the amusing story of how he acquired it. I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2016, 04:46
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 11 - Victoria to Bellingham

Finally, I've got back to this journal. Some more interesting things to come, I hope!

I left Victoria and drove to Swartz Bay to catch the car ferry to Tsawassen, south of Vancouver, near the US...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Nov 2015, 06:18
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 8 - Tofino to Victoria - Addendum

This is a bit of thread drift but it is nostalgic for me and there is an aeronautical connection. After leaving Tofino and driving south through the Pacific Rim National Park, I turned off the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Nov 2015, 04:54
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 10 - Victoria again

Jhieminga,

Thanks for the clarification about H-NACT.

Well, it's been a while. I've been back in Calgary for two weeks and after nearly three months away, there was a lot of boring stuff to do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Oct 2015, 00:40
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 9 - Victoria

I went to the Victoria Flying Club restaurant with an old friend of mine, who retired to Vancouver Island some years ago. He and I have a very similar flying history - UAS and then many years gliding...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Oct 2015, 03:33
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

prospector, That is very sad - I hadn't yet...

prospector,

That is very sad - I hadn't yet heard of the sinking. Very close to home for me - I had thought about staying one more day and going on that very vessel, but decided against it,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2015, 06:27
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 8 - Tofino to Victoria

I left Tofino in the morning and drove east across the island to Qualicum Beach and then south through Nanaimo to Victoria. On the way, I passed through Duncan, which I knew as being famous for the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2015, 02:33
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

treaders, An icon as you say. I would...

treaders,

An icon as you say. I would cheerfully hop into any ASW, except the 12.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Oct 2015, 15:12
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

washoutt, I'm confused. When I looked up...

washoutt,
I'm confused. When I looked up H-NACT, I saw pictures of her in a museum - Lelystad, I think.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2015, 21:58
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

washoutt, Yes, I can imagine the laughter....

washoutt,

Yes, I can imagine the laughter. Seattle to San Francisco looks quite doable on a map! However, Google Maps tells me you would have been driving for most of the weekend - 1600 miles, 26...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2015, 06:24
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 7 - Tofino and Hot Springs Cove

I decided to stay another day in Tofino because a) the weather was lovely and b) my friends in Victoria were not yet home.

I woke to the sound of a Beaver taking off and this view outside:...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2015, 00:07
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

ASW-12

A member of my gliding club owned an ASW-12, so I've seen one up close, helped rig it (very heavy wings) and seen it flying many times.

The ASW-12 was one of the early production glass-fibre...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Oct 2015, 22:32
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

D-9, one more steam engine to come, but no more...

D-9, one more steam engine to come, but no more Fws.

aa62, be prepared to turn a darker shade of green. I'm editing a couple of movies.

treaders, I think the red objects on the wing are...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2015, 08:08
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 6 - Sproat Lake and Tofino

I left Nanaimo and drove to Qualicum Beach, where I visited a friend and then onto Port Alberni and Sproat Lake.

I turned off here:...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2015, 07:28
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 5 - Paine Field,

Historic Flight - my last museum visit at Paine Field. Another pristine hangar with airworthy aircraft. I showed around by a charming, very knowledgeable lady.

A two-seat GeeBee:...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2015, 07:14
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 5 - Paine Field, Museum of Flight - Restoration Center and Reserve Collection

This was next on my agenda. A complete contrast to FHC - a working restoration workshop, that you can wander round on your own - "if you go out onto the ramp, don't go beyond the nose of the 727."
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2015, 06:47
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 5 - Paine Field, Flying Heritage Collection

I arrived at FHC just after their 10am opening time and discovered that I had been pipped at the post by three German enthusiasts. However, given the amount of German hardware, it was an obvious...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2015, 06:04
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 4

Day 1 was my longest trip ever. Day 4 was a short one.

After a very pleasant evening with Jon and Lindsay in Edmonds, with a nice dinner and way too much red wine, I left them to next day to get...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2015, 15:16
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

aa62, There is a drawback to the electronic...

aa62,

There is a drawback to the electronic method. The earlier part of my journey has disappeared. I must find out if it is archived somewhere.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2015, 03:33
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 3 - Mt. St. Helens

We awoke in Castle Rock to find thick fog, but as we climbed eastwards out of the valley, we broke out of the fog into blue skies and sunshine. After a 50 mile drive, we reached the Visitor Center at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2015, 03:16
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 2 - The Spruce Goose

My friend Jon drove down from Seattle, hampered by heavy rain from the front that was passing through. Not much rain in McMinnville, but low cloud and strong winds. He arrived about noon, after a 230...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Oct 2015, 06:57
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Day 1 Leaving LA - "On the road again"

So the plan was to leave Santa Monica on Friday morning, take a couple of photos and then drive north on I-5 to Redding, overnight there and then get up early on Saturday and drive to McMinnville to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Oct 2015, 23:27
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Chino - yet more planes

Yanks Air Museum - they have more than 130 aircraft. Like Planes of Fame, it's hard to do it justice in a short post - you have to go there.

Ryan B-1 Brougham...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Oct 2015, 23:04
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Chino - planes, planes and more planes!

Thanks for the compliments, chaps. I'm a few days behind and I need to do some catching up!

Chino - the short version. If you are ever in Los Angeles and have a day to spare, rent a car and go...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2015, 18:26
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

I saw a Vee Twin in Los Angeles

A Vee Twin? Not very unusual in Los Angeles, I hear you say. However, this was not a Harley. This was an 8.5 litre Vee Twin. :eek: Read on.

Well, how could I resist? I didn't have time for brunch,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2015, 15:34
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

The Englishman and the Scotsman - again (Part 2)

The San Fernando Valley is notorious for being much hotter than the coast and as we crossed over the pass, there was a sudden jolt and a very rapid rise in OAT. The cockpit became noticeably hot.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2015, 15:33
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

The Englishman and the Scotsman - again

Back in March, I met piperboy84 in Santa Monica and we went for a jaunt around the Los Angeles Basin in a 172:

http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/557919-scotsman-englishman-glens-la.html

This...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2015, 12:40
Replies: 54
Views: 18,751
Posted By India Four Two

Road trip part 2 - Santa Monica to Calgary

What seems like eons ago but is only five weeks, I arrived in Santa Monica after a ten day road trip wandering over large parts of Utah, Arizona and California. Details here:...
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