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The standard in pilot training... known in Canada and the rest of the cold commonwealth as the Harvard, the Americans called it the Texan.....the advanced trainer before they gave you the keys to the sports cars..... two seater, all weather, very forgiving of pilots who would sometimes "forget"... and rugged as all hell....they can take off and land from dirt roads and grass fields.... thousands of pilots in the free world learned and earned their wings on this machine.
And many are still flying, owned privately, by families, by teams.... used as camera planes and as stunt doubles in movies.... fame earned and maintained... The Harvard.
side note: During the Second World War, Churchill refered to Canada as "the aerodrome of democracy" a lot of pilot training was done on the prairies, because we had the space... Pilots from Australia, New Zealand, Free Poland, Free France, England, Canada, and America came and learned.... lot of Americans joined up with the Royal Canadian Air Force and flew combat missions before America got into the war, gaining valuable experience which they took back with them.... like I said... just a side note...
comments welcome.... even the nasty Ayn Randers out there...
Comments (15)
eekdog Online Now!
thanks for sharing this cool pic my friend..
MagikUnicorn
cool capture like the giant crane :)
Rob2753
I wouldn't mind hopping in and taking off in that, good shot
Richardphotos
there are several "Texans" in Texas. outstanding photo
doarte
Love the crafts, love the photo and all you do... best to you and the Lady Constance.
drifterlee
Very cool plane and shot!
RubyT
Wow, impressive. We are having an airshow/races here in Reno, Nevada, United States. In fact, some Royal Canadian fighter planes are coming here to give us a treat!
flavia49
fabulous shot
blinkings
In Australia, we have a Harvard aerobatic team that I go to see whenever I can. They are called The Southern Knights. You can see them HERE! Nice shot BTW.
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
renecyberdoc
yeah and canada was far away form the blitz,giving the pilots the time and the space to train.later on they shot fatazz "Meyer"-Goering's "Shitwaffe"to pieces lol.
jif3d
Chunky wee beasties, yep they fit your description pretty well, and what a great history they have had, kwel info ! Once let a friend take me with him on his solo takeoffs and landings, wish we would have been in one of these, any minute I thought...oh crap, there goes the landing gear ! ~Cheers~
adrie
Wonderful photoshot my friend.
debbielove
Your side note is very true, it was far FAR safer at times to train pilots in Canada than Britain.. German fighters roamed anywhere during the early years... Great line up, nice shot and super info! Rob
Briney
Hats off to all those Harvard "graduates" too! Great to see so many of these dangerous machines lined up... "Caution" indeed! ;-)