Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:38:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday - Russian helicopter, Beavers,  and chopped Caddies
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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Thanks for sharing!

I love the DeHavilland Beaver.  What an awesome plane!  We had one at
the aviation mechanic's school that I attended and we had to do
maintenance on it, restore parts of it, and get it up and running.
There is nothing quite like the sound of a large rotary engine!  Such a
versatile plane, it reminds me of our Vanagon as the Jack of all trades
of the sky.

That copter is cool too.  We live about a mile from a Boeing helicopter
reconditioning center as well as an airport (Millville airport).  I get
the large, Chinooks flying overhead most of the day.  Rattles the whole
shop sometimes.

Have a great Friday!

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com


On 12/17/2010 10:27 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Another entry in the "what I see while driving my Vanagon around the
> neighbourhood" series....
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com
>
> - A couple of Beavers, one on land with what I think is a chopped in
> half Caddy Eldorado as a tug, and one on the water with an URL
> painted on its side (ugh!)
>
> -  A Kamov KA32A11BC helicopter. There has been at least one of these
> cuties around the airport for a few years. I remember when one was
> delivered in a Russian transport plane (no, not the gigantic
> transport, one size smaller), my son and I stood at the fence gawking
> like yokels.
>
>
> alistair
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: 856-327-4936
Fax: 856-327-2242