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I don't know if this is good.......or .........bad???
I think .......with the economy and money in short supply
Restorations maybe on the wane?????
How many restored ansons can a government afford..........
The Free Library
From: Aviation History
Alberta's Anson circle
by:Stephen Mauro
March 2010
....."Last summer (2009) artist Keith Harder, chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta, constructed a giant compass rose containing 12 points--each fitted with the remains of an Avro Anson Mk. II--in a field north of Nanton, 50 miles south of Calgary. Resembling a New Age crop circle in an aerial view, Harder's compass is 300 feet in diameter and composed mostly of gravel, with a central grass circle and 12 grass airplane outlines, within which are the wingless Ansons"............
....."Harder acquired the old fuselages from the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum, where they had been in storage since 1990 when the museum--hoping to restore a single Anson--gathered as many as possible from area farmers (who had purchased them after the war for $50-$100 apiece). "Regardless of [the Ansons'] condition," says Harder, "and maybe even because of that condition, they are powerfully attached to stories that have broad implications for reflecting on the human condition....................."
......"The circle rests on a small knoll with a view of the Rocky Mountains, visible from Highway 2A. Though the site is not yet open to the public, plans are underway to construct a viewing area and parking lot off the highway....."
My first reaction is ........I hope the parts are secured to something
I think .......with the economy and money in short supply
Restorations maybe on the wane?????
How many restored ansons can a government afford..........
The Free Library
From: Aviation History
Alberta's Anson circle
by:Stephen Mauro
March 2010
....."Last summer (2009) artist Keith Harder, chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta, constructed a giant compass rose containing 12 points--each fitted with the remains of an Avro Anson Mk. II--in a field north of Nanton, 50 miles south of Calgary. Resembling a New Age crop circle in an aerial view, Harder's compass is 300 feet in diameter and composed mostly of gravel, with a central grass circle and 12 grass airplane outlines, within which are the wingless Ansons"............
....."Harder acquired the old fuselages from the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum, where they had been in storage since 1990 when the museum--hoping to restore a single Anson--gathered as many as possible from area farmers (who had purchased them after the war for $50-$100 apiece). "Regardless of [the Ansons'] condition," says Harder, "and maybe even because of that condition, they are powerfully attached to stories that have broad implications for reflecting on the human condition....................."
......"The circle rests on a small knoll with a view of the Rocky Mountains, visible from Highway 2A. Though the site is not yet open to the public, plans are underway to construct a viewing area and parking lot off the highway....."
My first reaction is ........I hope the parts are secured to something