DOTA: Down at the Airstrip

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 08/16/2020 at 17:12 • Filed to: None

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Down at our municipal airfield. Bad photos of planes and cars? I got em.

Avro CF-100 “Canuck”

Lockheed CF-104D Starfighter, the “Missile with a man in it”

Spaceball-Two > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 17:25

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Is that a Bristol behind the F104?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Spaceball-Two 08/16/2020 at 17:36

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Yeah!  Even more exciting, they have a De Havilland DH 100 Vampire

ttyymmnn > Spaceball-Two 08/16/2020 at 17:37

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I think it’s a Hampden.

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 17:39

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Clunk!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/16/2020 at 17:41

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It’s a Bristol 149 Bolingbroke....apparently.

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 17:53

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You sure? That rear facing bubble canopy is pretty diagnostic, and the Bolingbroke doesn’t have one. It has a powered turret. 

Roadkilled > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 17:54

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Wikipedia seems to think that there is a Handley Hampden at the Canadian Museum of Flight. I think ttyymmnn is right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Hampden#Survivors

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/16/2020 at 17:55

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hmmm, good point.  You may be right.  I am no expert, that’s for sure lol

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 17:57

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The museum does in fact boast a Hampden. They also have a Bolingbroke. 

http://www.canadianflight.org/content/handley-page-hampden

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/16/2020 at 18:00

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Yeah, i...am no good at airplanes...or reading

CaptDale - is secretly British > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 18:17

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Oh man I love the 104, such a pretty plane

ClassicDatsunDebate > ttyymmnn 08/16/2020 at 18:28

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The Bolingbroke is inside.

ClassicDatsunDebate > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/16/2020 at 18:29

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You must be kicking ass o n the Oppo hunt!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ClassicDatsunDebate 08/16/2020 at 18:30

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I think I’m in 5th?  Not bad.  Everyone above me is on a different level it seems

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/17/2020 at 01:47

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I just got back from a few days in Penticton. Was pushing 40 degrees there today. Cooked myself good but h ad a great time.  

Took the C rows nest home; damn epic drive. Had some woman in an x3 pretty much school me in teh twisties  through the mountains. She must have been really f amiliar with the route, definitely knew how to drive, and was goddamn fearless. The FX and I held our own and with more power on tap I was always able to reel her in, but credit to her and her lack of self preservation instinct. It was a blast.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/17/2020 at 08:42

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40! Way too hot.  Crows nest is a great road.  Hopefully I get to travel more next summer.  We're just staying put this year