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Old 20th April 2016 | 19:47
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India Four Two
 
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Some even with a bubble canopy?
All of the later RCAF Chipmunks came standard with a beautiful bubble canopy. They also had heaters as you would expect for an aircraft operating in Canadian winters. Here’s C-FBXI at the Springbank airshow last year. I flew her for a few hours many years ago:



British civil Chipmunks also came with a bubble canopy (Mk. 22?) although interestingly, the canopies are not interchangeable with Canadian ones.

I think Chipmunks and RVs are both beautiful in their own ways. Let's just be grateful that the Chipmunk won the competition for a new RAF trainer, rather than this ugly duckling:



I can't imagine SSD waxing lyrical over the Fairey Primer!
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