Posted on Apr 24, 2021

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee -- HMCS Bonaventure's all-weather carrier-borne fighters

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Would you believe Canada was once a naval power that had aircraft carriers? Yes, Canada did and the NATO neighbor to the North even helped protect the northern end of picket lines of the Cuban missile crisis in the North Atlantic.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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I didn't know that Canada had a naval fleet LTC Stephen Conway , this is a new piece of history to me sir

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Sgt Jim Belanus

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LTC Stephen Conway - We use to get CTV on the TV and remember this being a big story in Canada. They were building planes back in the 50's and superior to anything else in the world, suddenly shut down and everything destroyed. I think it was Defenbaker who said it was cheaper to buy than build.

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LTC Stephen Conway

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Yes, it's nice To discuss hidden Canadian history and contributions to NATO.
LTC Stephen C. SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth A1C Mike Allen Sgt Jim Belanus

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LTC Stephen Conway

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Sgt Jim Belanus Yes the Avro Arrow Project was cancelled and many of those scientists were picked up by NASA.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-canadians-who-got-america-to-the-moon
LTC Stephen C. SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth A1C Mike Allen Sgt Jim Belanus

The Canadians Who Got America to the Moon

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Sgt Jim Belanus

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Another point of trivia, before we were into WW2 the USA would fly war planes to the Pembina port, an area farmer would hook a team of horses to the plane and drag them into Canada, part of the lend lease program according to my father

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McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee -- HMCS Bonaventure's all-weather carrier-borne fighters

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