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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Vancouver and Canada as reported in the News




The Tragically Hip: New Orleans Is Sinking - click to play as you read on...








It is reported a number of protesters managed to board Stephen Harper's flight; no confrontation occured as standard protocol applied, Government was seated in first class while regular taxpayers could only afford second class in the rear.



The US condemned Canadian lack of enforcement or staffing along more remote sections of the Canada - USA border suggesting access for illegal immigrants into either country.
Canada followed later issuing a brief reply: "That situation is under control and being closely monitored"




Mayhem ensues when hockey coach accidentally plays America's Wildest Police Chases instead of last game's highlight reel.




Now a word from our sponsors, Ontario Tourism...




Canadian man with no criminal history banned from USA for trying marijuana decades ago as a teen.
James Sward readily admits it: he has tried marijuana. More than once. He just never imagined it would get him banned from the United States. On a recent trip to the U.S., border officials asked the British Columbia elevator mechanic about his drug history. He was honest. Maybe too honest, he said. He admitted to getting busted carrying pot as a teen – though he was never charged or convicted. But when he admitted to smoking the drug, he was flatly denied entry and banned.




I got a Facebook page !!!
It's just hopping busy with hits, all my Canadian friends are on it!  Both of them!




The British Columbia Forests Branch has issued it's seasonal summer weather advisory:
Tourists and travelers into the backwoods are to take note.




From the "Words Defy Explanation" department...




Canadians hit the streets in moral indignation and fierce outrage in response to the latest bill to increase taxes with protests being held nationwide by angry and irate citizens.




Guelph Ontario residents all shaken and in uproar over the increase in violent crime in their area; they had a murder this year.   That makes the total amount of murders: 1.
Guelph, the bad seed.



The Canadian Economy steamrolling right along doing tickety-boo just fine thank you; one of the few economies in the world that seems to have entirely sidestepped this current world recession as if it wasn't even there.
The Federal Government deserves credit given where credit due; they saw it coming and planned accordingly; had to tighten 'our' belts....



... and some expenditures had to be cut to save costs.   The Coast Guard Station on Vancouver's waterfront at Jericho Point for example; the citizens just having to do with less services...



... less funding for social sports leagues or uniforms.



Tightening our belts easier for some than others of course -  it's hardly a walk at the beach for the politicians.


Richard Branson has offered to take B.C. Premier Christy Clark on a kitesurfing ride. The one condition? She has to be naked.

There's definite advantages to living in a booming economy but it's not glitter and glam for everybody.
I saw a hooker advertising a going out of business sale.
As for me I'm hoping to level up...



I finally got my firearms permit so thankfully those big store high prices won't be an issue anymore.




Sad news to report I'm afraid, very dire.
A Manitoba resident was driving down the freeway and hit a pedestrian .. unfortunately the driver was killed in the encounter with the pedestrian as is all too familiar in such cases.



Bear-protected pot found after theft from police



Hockey intermission cheerleaders.
Just an accident waiting to happen for many reasons.



Thanks kindly for tuning in :)







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Thursday, April 25, 2013

WWII CANADA RCAF aircraft


Auster
Communication and reconnaissance  1939-
Crew: pilot
Armament: none



Avro Anson
Trainer 1940-
Crew:  pilot, radio instructor, two students
Armament: none




Avro Lancaster
Heavy bomber 1943-
Crew: one pilot and up to 8 crew
Armament: one 22000 bomb or 18000 smaller and eight .303 mgs




Beechcraft Expeditor
Transport 1940-
Crew: two crew and 5-7 passengers
Armament: none




Boeing Fortress
Transport  1943-
Crew: 4 - two pilots, radio-operator, navigator.
Armament: none




Bolton-Paul Defiant
Fighter/Night-fighter 1939-41
Crew: one pilot and one gunner
Armament: four .303 mg in dorsal turret




Bristol Beaufighter
Fighter, Fighter-bomber, Anti-maritime  1940-
Crew: two or three
Armament: four 20mm cannon and six .303 mg; up to two 250lb bombs; eight 90lb rockets; one torpedo




Bristol Beaufort
Bomber 1939-42
Crew: four
Armament: four .303 mgs [two in nose turret an two in tail turret] plus three .303 mgs additional; up to 1500lb bombs or one torpedo




Bristol Blenheim
Bomber 1939-42
Crew: four
Armament:  one .303 mg and up to 1000lb bombs or one torpedo




Bristol Bolingbroke
Bomber, anti-maritime and reconnaissance 1939-43
Crew: four
Armament: two .303cal mgs and up to 1000lb bombs




Chipmunk
Communication and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: pilot
Armanent: none




Consolidated Canso
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: eight or nine
Armanent: two 5cal mgs, two 30cal mgs, one .303cal mg plus up to 1000lb bombs or depth charges.





Consolidated Catalina
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: eight or nine
Armanent: two 5cal mgs, two 30cal mgs, one .303cal mg plus up to 1000lb bombs or depth charges.





Consolidated Liberator
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1942-
Crew: ten
Armament:  ten 50cal mgs and up to 8000lb of bombs




Curtiss Kittyhawk
Fighter 1942-43
Crew: pilot
Armament: six .303 mg and 1000lb [250-500-250] bombs




Curtiss Tomahawk
Fighter 1942-43
Crew: pilot
Armament: two .50 cal mg in nose and two .303 cal mgs in wings.




de Havilland Mosquito
Fighter, fighter-bomber, anti-maritime, bomber
Crew: two
Armament: four 20mm Hispano cannon and four .303 mg's, eight 90lb rockets, four 500lb bombs




de Havilland Tiger Moth
Trainer
Crew: one instructor and one passenger
Armament:




Douglas B18 Digby
Bomber   1939-43
Crew: six - two pilots, two gunners, navigator, bomb-aimer
Armament: three 30.cal mgs and up to 6500lbs of bombs




Douglas Boston
Bomber, Intruder  1940-
Crew: three to five crew
Armament: four .303 mgs in nose, two .303 mgs in tail and up to 2000lb bombs




Douglas Dakota
Transport   1941-
Crew: two pilots, up to three crew
Armament: none




Grumman Goose
Transport
Crew: two crew and 5-7 passengers
Armament: none




Handley-Page Halifax
Heavy bomber 1943-
Crew: seven
Armament:  nine .303 mg's and up to 145000 in bombs




Handley-Page Hampten
Bomber  1939-43
Crew: four
Armament: four .303 mgs and up to 4000lbs in bombs




Hawker Hurricane
Fighter 1939-45
Crew: pilot
Armament: eight .303cal mgs in wings



Hawker Typhoon
Ground-attack 1943-
Crew: pilot
Armament: four 20mm Hispano cannons and eight 90lb rockets or 1000lb bombs




Lockheed Hudson
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance
Crew: five
Armament: two 50cal mgs in nose turret, two 50cal mgs in tail turret plus 3 additional and up to 1000lbs of bombs.




Lockheed Lodestar
Transport  1939-
Crew: three plus up to 14 passengers
Armament: none




Lockheed Ventura GRV
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance
Crew: five
Armament: five 50cal. mgs and up to 650lbs in bombs or depth charges.




Noorduyn Norseman
Transport
Crew: pilot plus seven passengers
Armament: none




North American Harvard
Trainer  1939-
Crew:  one pilot and one passenger
Armament:



North American Mitchell
Bomber  1941-
Crew: two pilots and up to three crew
Armament: eight 50cal mgs and up to 3000lbs of bombs




North American Mustang
Fighter 1943-
Crew: pilot
Armament: six 50cal mgs in wings and eight 90lb rockets or 1000lb bombs




Short Sterling
Bomber 1943-44
Crew:
Armament: six .303 mgs and up to 14000lbs of bombs




Short Sunderland
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1939-
Crew: 13
Armament: twelve .303 cal and 50 cal mgs plus up to 5000lbs of bombs or deptyh charges




Supermarine Spitfire
Fighter  1939-
Crew: one
Armament:  eight .303 mgs in wings






Supermarine Stranaer
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1939-44
Crew: 5 - pilot, navigator, radio operator, two gunners
Armament: three .303cal mgs and 1250lbs of bombs or depth charges







Vickers Wellington
Bomber   1940-43
Crew: eight
Armament: two .303 mgs in nose turret, two .303 mgs in tail turret plus two additional and 4500 of bombs.






Westland Lysander
Communications, recconaisance, transport
Crew: two
Armament: one .303 mg