Faye and I snowshoed in the Moore Habitat Management Area today. I chose this place mostly because it was largely sheltered from the stiff southwest wind. We did not go far, being somewhat limited by being on the inside of an oxbow in the river and rather wary of crossing the river. It was a good outing though. Faye captured me as we returned to the parking area.
This B-25 was completed and returned by Sky Harbour Aircraft the same day as the Mallard. No way could anyone get this close to the ramp at a larger airport.
A beautiful restoration.
Nose art was a distinguishing characteristic of many, many US aircraft in World War II. This is one of the less racy examples I have seen.
Engines started and warming up.
No, obviously not a feathered one!
A neat thing about living in Goderich and being an airplane buff was Sky Harbour Aircraft, an airplane restoration business. Sky Harbour restored quite a few aircraft – warbirds, small business jets, airline-size jets (once I saw a 737 in private livery) before going out of business in. This Grumman Mallard (I think) amphibian had been completed and being returned to its owner. The flight crew took it for a demonstration or acceptance flight. In the process they buzzed the airport
and in this photo the plane was perhaps, oh, 35 feet off the ground.
Transport Canada would not have been at all pleased had they learned of this little show. It was an impressive (and a little scary) bit of flying.
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