Canadian Stoof

johndetrick

johndetrick

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Just uploaded to here and flightsim.com a Canadian CS2F-3 1577 with VU-808 HMCS Bonaventure circa the late 1960's
 
WOW! Very Nice, John....:medals: I like the unique schems that the Canadians use for their aircraft. Thanks a bunch!:applause::applause::applause:

BB686:USA-flag:
 
UseD, past tense, sadly .... no Canadian carrier capability past the end of the 1960s. But at least we used them off CFB Comox and Shearwater into the 80s.

Thanks John - look forward to getting this when I'm back to my sim pc in a couple of weeks. Was quietly hoping an RCN scheme would materialize - thought it's been equally great seeing some great USN/USMC paints come out.

Many thanks!

DL
 
Wow! I flew in the back seats of those beauties off Bonaventure's deck in the early Sixties (72 D/L's). Well . . . they were Mk 2's, since Canada never had the 3's, but what the heck, close enough!

Many thanks, JD! Lovely job! (Oh -- VS880's gold and black squadron tail stripes extended all the way forward to the de-icing boot.)
 
I was wondering last night how this paint was coming along.Its a nice suprise to come home to tonight.Going for a flight around vancouver island out of commox at wave top in the rain.
Thanks a bunch.
 
HighGround22 said:
Wow! I flew in the back seats of those beauties off Bonaventure's deck in the early Sixties (72 D/L's). Well . . . they were Mk 2's, since Canada never had the 3's, but what the heck, close enough!

Many thanks, JD! Lovely job! (Oh -- VS880's gold and black squadron tail stripes extended all the way forward to the de-icing boot.)
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not according to this
 
johndetrick said:
not according to this
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You're right, by gum! I stand corrected!

I still wasn't certain, so I bogged into my den and checked with a photo of a VS-880 cab I was actually flying in at the time (circa 1965) and yup, that gap IS there -- it's just smaller: The gap is about the same width as the boot.

'Course I'm picking fly turds out of pepper here, but I suspect whoever painted the cab in your photo did it for a museum piece and got a few ever-so-tiny things a bit off. Not enough to mar a masterpiece on your part, however.

Thanks again, John!
 
Hi John,

Thank you so much for the fabulous repaint feat. the RCN CS2F-3. I gave this beauty her own file as de Havilland Canada CS2F-3 Tracker.

Yesterday I found this interesting site about the Canadian-built Stoofs. (http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/tracker.html) Something new to me was that the standard Curtiss-Wright R-1820-82WA engines were license-built especially for the Canadian Stoofs by Canadian Pratt & Whitney as model 983C9HE1. This P&W model number is what appears on the nameplate affixed to the engine. (see http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/tracker_exterior_features.html)

Cheers,
Maarten
 
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