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Loaded and ready for threshing, the wagons loaded with sheaves and bundles and grain truck standby to begin threshing. The steam tractor used is shown in my previous Gigapan, a Sawyer Massey: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/32121/ |
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Located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, southeast of Edmonton, the Hall contains dozens of rare aircraft, some unique like the full size replica of the CF-105 AVRO Arrow.
See how many of the planes on display you can identify (with a snapshot) This GigaPan was subject to some vibration during shutter release causing some slight blurring on some frames. Will be doing a re-shoot in a few months. |
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This is a full size replica of the CF-105 Avro Arrow which was to become Canada's most advanced fighter-interceptor in the 1950's. Capable of a cruising speed in the range of Mach 1.5 and a top speed of 2.3 at an altitude of 50,000 feet of higher. It was scrapped by the John Diefenbaker goverment on Black Friday, Feb. 20, 1959. http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10220 This replica is on display at the Aviation Hall of Fame in Wetaskiwin, Alberta south of Edmonton. Read more about this famous aircraft in Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow |
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This is one of several famous aircraft on display at the museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
The Bristol Freighter has been described as "40,000 rivets flying in close formation" :o) |
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Every Labour Day weekend they fire up the Sawyer Massey and several other vintage steam tractors to give a demo of old time threshing on the prairies. The RAM is also home to the Aviation Hall of Fame and this year they rolled out a full size replica of the famous AVRO Arrow fighter. |
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Located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta it's also home of the the Aviation Hall of Fame. |