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Fleet Fort Survivors

Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:32 am

Does anyone know just how many Fleet Forts survive. I know the CWH has a flyer and a static bird, and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum has a static bird, but are there any other survivors? Any with private owners?

Thanks,

Jim

Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:56 pm

Hi Jim. I'm pretty sure Harry Whereatt of Assineboia, Sakatchewan has (or had) a pretty substantial amount of airframe for one. I think Aeroplane had an article on his place that showed a picture of it a few years ago, along with, as I recall, the Hurricane, 'his and her' Lysanders, Harvard, Bolingbroke, etc. Can anyone else confirm if he still has it? I believe one of the Lysanders was sold on to someone else. Jim

Fleet Fort

Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:59 am

Gentlemen,

Add the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba has a Fleet Fort. They loaned their Fort to CWH to use the wing as a template to manufacture a new wing that CWH was missing on their aircraft.

Yours very truly,
Norman Malayney

Re: Fleet Fort

Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:27 am

norman malayney wrote:Gentlemen,
Add the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba has a Fleet Fort. They loaned their Fort to CWH to use the wing as a template to manufacture a new wing that CWH was missing on their aircraft.


I think the second static Fort at CWH is WCAM's airframe on loan to the CWH.

Jim

P.S.: Jim - You know I think I've seen a pic somewhere of that HW airframe now that you mention it.
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