Although they cut up the prototypes, there is a full scale Avro Aero model
indoors at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin. They are also exhibiting
some of the drawings. The model was created for a CBC movie but not all of it
is covered in aluminum. Only the parts needed for close ups. The rest is
painted wood. Still very impressive.
Cheers,
Bob
On May 16, 2021, at 5:27 PM, Willow Arune <walittleboots9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree. Cancelation and especially cutting the prototypes was vindictive.
I almost articled in Kamloops with Fulton’s firm. Yes he was a good man,
better than Dief. I love your story of sneaking into the convention BTW.
And like him or not, dief had an excellent memory for faces. I can’t recall.
Did the SIU and the Captains and Mates Associatin which got nasty and closed
our ports happpen under Dief, Stanford, or Pearson? I recall a thug from the
US escaped from prison during the strike.
Willow
On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 4:58 PM akfarmilo2 <akfarmilo2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ah yes Diefenbaker....he who trashed the Avro Arrow and with it a large part
of Canada's airplane (and space) development and resources.
I interviewed Dief during the Conservative convention when he was replaced
by Bob Stanfield. My personal favorate Davey Fulton lost out.
I crashed the convention actually. They allowed observers in the grey seats
way up at the top of Maple Leaf Gardens. Earlier I had discovered that if
you went into the men's washroom on the North side there was a service door
that accessed a stairwell down to the gold seats at rinkside. I had worn a
suit and jacket and brought a notepad (paper version of course). Most men
had doffed their jackets as it was very hot, and since most badges were on
the jackets many men did not have a visible badge. I joined a crowd of
reporters trying to interview Dief as he walked off the rink area through a
narrow gate. By the time he exited I had entered the rink area. I spent
the afternoon interviewing all the leader candidates and also Pierre Burton
for the fictional newspaper the Yellow Grass ( Sask) Agricultural Record.
Had thirty pages of notes that afternoon, tons of fun and a (somewhat
dubious) little place in history.
YITBOS Jim
PS. Likely could not do that kind of thing today. 😆
Sent from my Samsung device over Bell's LTE network.
-------- Original message --------
From: Willow Arune <walittleboots9@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 16-05-2021 15:02 (GMT-05:00)
To: dsp-ea-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Black
P.S. Finding a mint copy of LordBlack’s History of Canada was great. A
lucid and well written book that captivates rather than bores. Just
finished with Mackenzie King and onward to St. Laurent. Then Diefenbaker.
I first met him when I worked as a news photographer at CFRN Edmonton. After
his ouster, at the Edmonton airport. Some decades later he came to Campbell
River and actually recognized me when I asked him to sign his three volume
autobiography!
