Military Studies 302

Tour: Spring 1962For Arts and General Science

Montreal

• The tour began with a visit to the Canadair factory in Montreal. No cameras were permitted, so no photos are available. Aircraft under development and/or construction were:– Yukon– Cosmopolitan– Argus– Tudor jet

Gagetown New Brunswick

Doug Ramsden, John Kroeger, Ron Ismond

Camp Gagetown

We drove them and rode inside those tanks

Camp Gagetown Field Dress

• Did you notice the rubber boots in the first slide for Gagetown?

• Wonder why?• Watch the following slides for the answer!

Bridge Building 101

Bridge Building 102

Amphibian Bridge?

More Mud and Water

Mud and Guns

More Guns and . . . .

Serious Artillery Lecture

RCAF Station Greenwood

Otter, Albatross and C-45 Expeditor (bug smasher)

New Hangar for Argus Aircraft?

Can you name those cars?

New Argus Aircraft

Notice the VW Beetle in the parking lot? It must be one of the early ones to arrive in Canada. And the Nash Rambler! Aircraft recognition is easy because we kept those old models around for decades! Now the cars are something else . . .

Our tour continues at Dockyard in Halifax where we boarded Canada’s last aircraft Carrier HMCS Bonaventure! This historic flying display is continued in the next presentation.