Here we have some additional views of that exquisite Bristol fighter.
Nearby are extensive displays about Wallace Turnbull, a Canadian engineer whose innovations included his take on a variable-pitch propeller that revolutionized the industry.
This is one of the models in a display case. You can see it in the photo that follows.
The Bristol has a neighbour. The Junkers J.I was the first all metal plane to go into production. This is the only surviving one of its kind in the world. It was presented to Canada as a war trophy in 1919, exhibited that year at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, and has spent time in various spots around the country before being transferred to the museum's collection in 1969.
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what people created and still do.
ReplyDeleteImagine that those pilots flew with these aircrafts. They must have been daredevils.
ReplyDelete...wonderful pieces of history!
ReplyDeleteGosh we've come a long way since then William and these little beauties started it all ✨
ReplyDeleteAmazing what was accomplished with those small planes ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Moments to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Amazing history here. I've always been fascinated by all kinds of aircraft. Have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteI can not imagine flying on those airplanes
ReplyDeletefinalement ces avions tombaient moins souvent que ceux de maintenant
ReplyDeleteI like how they had exhausts from each piston and no mufflers.
ReplyDeleteway cool. love the plane ... neat design. ( ;
ReplyDeleteVery cool ...
ReplyDeleteThe last Junkers in the world. What a treat to see it.
ReplyDeleteVery exceptional plane. I like them. Boeing being born out this way we have some fantastic aviation museums out here I should go there
ReplyDeleteMB
William I am sure you would appreciate a visit to some of the air museums over in this country like the shuttleworth collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttleworth_Collection
ReplyDeleteThat Junker is a treasure.
ReplyDeleteAmazing airplanes! Thank you for sharing them with me. :-)
ReplyDeleteSehr interessant die Flugzeuge im Museum.
ReplyDeleteNoke
Great shots of these grand old planes. I love these exhibits. We have one about half an hour away and always take our visitors. Thanks for sharing them William.
ReplyDeleteGrandes máquinas.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom Domingo.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
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@Italiafinlandia: I agree.
ReplyDelete@Iris: definitely.
@Marianne: they would have been.
@Tom: that they are.
@Grace: a long way indeed.
@Carol: that's true.
@Betty: thank you.
@Catarina: it was learning fast by trial and error in those early planes.
@Bergson: merci.
@Red: so do I.
@Beth: thanks.
@Ella: indeed.
@Sharon: it is!
@MB: you should.
@Bill: I would enjoy that.
@Marie: it is.
@DJan: you're welcome.
@Noke: thank you.
@Denise: you're welcome.
@Francisco: thanks!
Beautiful planes with lots of history and stories.
ReplyDeleteThey'd give me the willies to be up in them!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great museum!
ReplyDeleteSuch amazing history here, a fantastic museum.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I like that plane in the first three photos.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy visiting museums like this, filled with history. The early airplanes were aerodynamic miracles!
ReplyDeleteSome of those old planes were real works of art.
ReplyDeleteInteresting exhibits. I only get to see these war planes in war movies.
ReplyDeleteThose really are quite large! It makes you think how exposed pilots were during the war.
ReplyDeletePiece of history....
ReplyDelete@Bill: indeed.
ReplyDelete@Jennifer: they're definitely not for the faint of heart!
@RedPat: it is. I need to go back sometime this year.
@Jan: it's something that fascinates me.
@Jan: I do too.
@Pat: they were.
@Kay: I think so.
@Nancy: there's not many of them left.
@Jeanie: they were indeed. Ten thousand feet up in an open air cockpit would be cold.
@Klara: indeed.