September 2007
What follows is offered as a feast for the eyes of any aviation buff, and I hope that others will also enjoy it.
While most of us have seen car and motorcycle rallies, we may not know that there are also air rallies held in various places, often for particular types or vintages of aircraft. One popular form brings together aircraft which while not all of the same general type, such as fighters, or bombers -- nevertheless have a particular historical or nostalgic importance. Such was the case of the second
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Most of the WWII and pre-war aircraft came from the private collection of...
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MK 16 Spitfire The abbreviation MK (pronounced Mark) just describes the...
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Spitfire MK16 plaque
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P51 Mustang This very fast American fighter was probably World War IIs most...
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Mustang MK4 plaque
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P-51 Mustang and XK140 Jag There were also some vintage autos at the show, as an added attraction. After...
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Harvard MK4 (In the US, it was known as the Texan). This was the standard...
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Harvard MK4 plaque
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deHavilland DH82 Tiger Moth Built by deHavilland, it was first flown in the early 1930s, and became the...
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Tiger Moth plaque
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deHavilland DHC-2 Beaver This amphibious float plane, built by deHavilland of Canada, has been the...
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deHavilland Buffalo This is a STOL (short takeoff and landing) aircraft, designed to operate from...
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Nanchang CJ-6 This Chinese trainer was based on the Russian Yak-18, which went into...
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Focke-Wulf FWP 149D Focke-Wulf was one of the most famous manufacturers for the Luftwaffe...
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deHavilland Fox Moth This unique cousin of the Tiger Moth is one of the jewels of the...
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the Fox Moth's history
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Stearman PT-13 This trainer, first designed and built before WWII, was widely used by the...
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Pietenpol GN-1 This was a pre-WWII kit plane designed in the USA, which over the...
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the Pietenpol's cockpit There was obviously much less instrumentation to watch and worry about...
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Pitts Special This aerobatic plane has won more competitions and awards for its...
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Seabee RC-3 Built by Republic Aircraft, it was designed in 1944 to be a small...
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unknown colourful craft
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Griffon CH-146 (1995) This 1995 Canadian Forces helicopter has many possible internal...
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Look who wants ...
to fly a Griffon (maybe in the Canadian Forces when he grows up?).
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rotary piston engine display This was part of the educational component of the Rallye. There were several...
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