Good afternoon Doug...
Thanks for your reply and those wonderful Links. I am still going through the Links and finding additional information of much interest to me.
After reading through a Link I sometimes remember about reading the very same information in a book at the Old Homestead in the Library...
The Link on Pobjoy Airmotors was quite interesting and I am going to see what else I can find on that company.
The Link on the Armstrong Siddeley Genet led me to the Westland Widgeon which makes me wonder why that project was not researched and carried on further. It looked like a wonderful type of aircraft although underpowered and in need of a larger radial engine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_W ... fixed_wing)
The read on the Renault engine was interesting and will do a little more research because of the excessive use of the fuel/air mixture used for cooling was interesting.
Canada with it's small population (and we would like to keep it that way)
has followed it's own aviation path and like England I suppose has had it's aviation technology lost or curtailed because of political interference.
Alas I do not remember all the stories both my grandfathers would tell around the kitchen table but the years leading up to the First World War and the years between the two World Wars seemed to be the pinnacle of aviation for them.
They both came from Cavalry Units and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps at the outbreak of the war. Like my father they seldom talked about either World Wars and their exploits.
For me the mid 1950's and early 1960's were wonderful years in Canada for aviation and float/seaplane bases and grass strips were everywhere.
I find some of our older members at the Royal Canadian Legion or even our local bugsmasher field have forgotten information that I wished they had passed down.
It is hard to get that information back and some of the information on the internet is not always complete or accurate.
Will be going to the bugsmasher field tomorrow for a visit but today my foot and leg are still just too sore to put a lot of weight on.
Hoping to pick some of those Old Retired Rocking Chair Flying Geezers brains about the types of DeHavilland of Canada Tiger Moths they flew here as one chap told me several years ago he flew the Tiger Moth with a radial engine and a enclosed cockpit right here in Canada.
It was probably on skis with heat in the cockpit but not sure.
Well thanks for the Links and information Doug...Have a Great Day...
