Category Archives: RCAF

Around the air park

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Katherine

CH-113 Labrador at the Greenwood Military Air Museum

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Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Katherine

A look at the three aircraft that are on display outdoors in the Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park A RCN operated Grumman Avenger Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star

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CFS Barrington

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Katherine

FPS-27 Radar tower Canadian Forces Station Barrington, also referred to as CFS Barrington, was a Canadian Forces Station located at Baccaro Point near the southwestern-most point of Nova Scotia. Construction of a Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar site … Continue reading →

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RCAF CH-149 Cormorant

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Katherine

An RCAF CH-149 Cormorant hovering over CFB Comox

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RCAF CC-115 Buffalo

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Katherine

An RCAF CC-115 Buffalo Search and Rescue aircraft flying over Kye Bay, Vancouver Island

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A bit of Bomarc

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Katherine

This goes back to July 2013, when I just happened to be at the Bomarc Site in North Bay. In the fall of 1958 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Conservative government announced an agreement with the US to deploy two squadrons … Continue reading →

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Greenwood Military Aviation Museum

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Katherine

‘Poised for Flight’ I left the bench in this shot of the Arcturus (CP140A) at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, as the bench is a place for people to sit, reflect, remember, or have a bite to eat.

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Douglas Dakota Mk IV, C-47B-30-DK Skytrain

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Katherine

Snow and clouds framing the Douglas Dakota Mk IV, C-47B-30-DK Skytrain at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum.

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CH-133A Labrador

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Katherine

CH-133A Labrador in the Air Park at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum

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The big white golf ball

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Katherine

You may know what the big white golf ball is if you live bear CFB Greenwood, but if you’re just traveling around the Annapolis Valley this large white object on Stronach Mountain might be a bit of a curiosity. Area … Continue reading →

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