Cross Canada Road Trip

[Captain Canada]

Just gorgeous....



But wait ! There's more !



The hangars were full of operational Electras, but we didn't have time to visit.....

Another old prop with one of thos home made sea plane tenders

[Captain Canada]

Some old spotters.....who doesn't love tip tanks ? 

Oh my !

Fighting wars and fire...these old birds deserve our gratitude

[Captain Canada]

[Captain Canada]

Inside Buffalo's hangar we go

Some King Airs and old Pipers

I wonder who this belonged to ?

More fit than alot of 20 year old birds....


Off to Edmonton we go !


And for the Nevster. Saw this old smoker fly in....




And this beautiful old 737 departing.....

[Captain Canada]

Friday, March 19th, 2010
Off to the city centre airport and the museum on Kingsway








Just a few from inside...



Now if I were in charge, DHC would have went ahead with production....

[Captain Canada]

We had to swing back to the Intl. airport to pick up shipment.....so :
We saw a CAF Polaris....

And a NAVCAN Chally, which seems to follow me around....

[Captain Canada]

Saturday, March 20th, 2010
After driving aimlessly around some Central Albertan Hick Town, searching for a man with giant hands, mad modeling skills, and a hot neo-nazi wife....we started our trek back East.
Here we find ourselves singing us a prairie tune at the old base in Saskatoon, Samsquatchewan

Watch out, Fokker !

And Fokker !

Fokker ?

Fokker !!!!!!

[Captain Canada]

And I finally got to get a look at those old Cosmo's I've seen thru aeroplane and truck windows for the last decade...



This T-bird was outside the Legion in Saskatoon..

And then we saw this huey being hauled down the highway....

[Captain Canada]

Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Headed in Portage la Prairie to see the old training base.
T-bird in town :

Tutor at the old base

Musketeer at the old base

Bugsmasher

A few leftovers from the CAF days used at an aviation school

the Cadets got one, too....

Saw British Army kit all over the road...


Who flies green Jumbos ?

[Captain Canada]

And then we were back home.....back to reality. Rest assured, there were many, many more stops we could have made......but I hope you enjoyed this look into what's out there in the great big beautiful land !

[hurricanemk1c]

Superb shots - loved the AN-124!!!!

The green 747 could be a EVA Air one - I know they are greenq

[kitbasher]

Wow, what a trip.  Only visited Canada once (British Colombia for 2 weeks) and fell in love with the place.
Give me a year's notice of your next road trip, Capt Canada, so I can save up and join you!

[Aircav]

Love the photo's Jake, especially the Buffalo stuff, been watching Ice Pilots on the TV 
Many thanks for sharing. 

[ChernayaAkula]

Some jolly nice pics!

That Israeli Dakota is most interesting.

Whoa! That looks pretty amazing!

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You can glimpse into just how big this country is when you see a pile of fallen timber this big.....photo doesn't do it justice.
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I see the "Lady in the Dark" has a new job now.

[Captain Canada]

Thanks for the comments, guys....it was a great trip. Nice find on Lady in the Dark ! Thought she looked familiar !