Pilots in the World Wars started decorating their planes with so called nose cone art. That's since also happened to the helicopter. Four such examples here are displayed together. Corporal Richard Aucoin painted these onto Canadian Griffon helicopters during the Afghan War.
A mix of equipment: mechanized transport and navy guns.
These barrels and other items at center here constitute one of my favourite artifacts in the Museum. This is Kurt, a weather station from the Second World War. A German U-Boat planted this station at the far northern reaches of Labrador in 1943. It operated for a short time before going offline and was forgotten. Decades later a German scholar going through war records found out about its existence, and the Canadian government was notified. Looking at the components of Kurt, it would look to any passerby like something placed by the government. And that part of Canada is very isolated and sparsely populated, so it's little wonder that it was unnoticed. Now it has its home here.
Two views of Leopard tanks, the contemporary tank used by the Canadian army. I've been in one once.
Talented artists. Beautiful painting. They must be bored with the wars.
ReplyDeleteI like the story about "Kurt", the kind of cheeky operation that one can't help but admire.
ReplyDeletePopeye is my fav!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the nose cone art. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteFascinating about that weather station in Labrador. I doubt it would have ever been found.
ReplyDeleteI like the nose cone art. Take care, happy weekend!
ReplyDelete...I saw a lot of nose art at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
ReplyDelete@Nancy: crews do have long periods of boredom.
ReplyDelete@John: very cheeky.
@Iris: it's a good one.
@Sharon: that it is.
@Marie: unlikely.
@Eileen: thanks.
@Tom: no doubt.
The nose cone art is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteThe cone art must help them to forget for a few minutes where they are.
ReplyDeleteIt would.
DeleteThat weather station was a beautiful find.
ReplyDeleteYes it was.
DeleteI wish there had been a few tanks in Ottawa over the past week. To block off certain street, and they could sure move big trucks that refused to budge.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that. I'm at a breaking point.
DeleteInteresting that they had remote weather stations.
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteLove the pilot artwork ~ great photos of museum displays ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you love in all your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you.
DeleteThe cone art is pretty impressive.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteCada piloto elegiría un motivo, muy representativo para él.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteOh Popeye, I loved that show when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteThat's a character.
DeleteI do like the cone art.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Me too.
DeleteThe weather station probably isn't such an unusual war artifact.
ReplyDeleteThere must be others out there.
DeleteThanks for sharing the fuselage art 🎨 👍
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteI like first photo.
ReplyDeleteHope you happy weekend.
Thank you.
DeleteGood that they found the weather station:)
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteI saw those weather stations at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, amazing they were not discovered for so long
ReplyDeleteIt's the remoteness of the location.
DeleteTanks a lot! By the way, your header photo is stunning.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThe art work is rather unique.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteI love the painted art on the copters!
ReplyDeleteMe too.
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