Airshow.... Harvard by 1358

Photography • Aviation • posted on Sep 10, 2013

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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)

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eekdog Online Now!

7:36AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

thanks for sharing this cool pic my friend..

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MagikUnicorn

7:38AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

cool capture like the giant crane :)

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Rob2753

7:44AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

I wouldn't mind hopping in and taking off in that, good shot

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Richardphotos

8:47AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

there are several "Texans" in Texas. outstanding photo

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doarte

9:22AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

Love the crafts, love the photo and all you do... best to you and the Lady Constance.

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drifterlee

10:07AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

Very cool plane and shot!

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RubyT

11:17AM | Tue, 10 September 2013

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!

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flavia49

1:08PM | Tue, 10 September 2013

fabulous shot

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blinkings

3:53PM | Tue, 10 September 2013

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.

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sandra46

5:34PM | Tue, 10 September 2013

GREAT SHOT

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renecyberdoc

4:18AM | Wed, 11 September 2013

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.

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jif3d

10:16AM | Wed, 11 September 2013

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~

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adrie

2:42PM | Wed, 11 September 2013

Wonderful photoshot my friend.

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debbielove

7:25AM | Thu, 12 September 2013

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

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