Katherine Bickford

C-FSHA

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Katherine

C-FSHA, a 2011 Robinson R44 II approaching Helijet’s Vancouver flight centre

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Sue & I

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Katherine

The fishing boat Sue & I on the hard in Delaps Cove

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Rolling hills

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Katherine

I’m happy to be a passenger when driving through the Okanagan on BC Highway 1, as the scenery is amazing and continuously changing. Hills, clouds, arid vegetation and a lot of history…

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Hills of British Columbia

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Katherine

Heading west from Pritchard on Highway 1 toward Monte Creek

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Pritchard Bridge

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Katherine

The Pritchard Bridge crossing the South Thompson River

A train crossing Martin Prairie Road, near the Trans Canada Highway in Pritchard BC

Looking toward the north

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A bit of Ontario

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Katherine

A bit of Ontario, somewhere between Cochrane and Kapusksing, perhaps near Smooth Rock Falls. I’ think this is probably a replica mine head frame.

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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 of the American ramjet-powered Bomarc antiaircraft missile in Canada.

This Bomarc Site was constructed as an RCAF BOMARC Missile Site in December 1962 at a site in North Bay, Ontario. The site was built with above ground missile launchers for 28 BOMARC B Model missiles. Another 28 missiles were deployed at La Macaza, Québec. The Bomarc B was designated IM-99B, with the addition of a Thiokol solid rocket booster housed under the missile’s body. The booster produced a thrust of 50,000 pounds, and was fired for 30 seconds before it was jettisoned.

Each missile was designed to be fitted with a U.S. W-40 nuclear warhead. The Bomarc The W40 was 18 in (460 mm) in diameter, 32 in (810 mm) long, and weighed around 385 lb (175 kg). It had a design yield of 10 kilotons. The warheads were delivered on 31 December 1963.

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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.