CH2A's Newest Addition

[Rhino-9-3]

Our newest aircraft in the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association fleet arrived yesterday!

CC&F Harvard Mk.4 C-FVIJ

[Jeff H]

Great news Ryan. Where did this beauty come from?

Cheers,

Jeff

[Andy Marden]

Ryan,
Thanks for the news. Can you please give us a run down of the current CHAA fleet?
Andy

[rcaf_100]

Great news Ryan. Where did this beauty come from?

Formerly owned by Jim Mattice, and was based out of Nixon, Ontario. She had been hangared at Dunnville before the airport closed last year.

Ryan,
Thanks for the news. Can you please give us a run down of the current CHAA fleet?
Andy

Do you mean CHAA or CH2A?
CHAA = Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association in Tillsonburg, Ontario http://www.harvards.com
CH2A = Canadian Historical Aircraft Association in Windsor, Ontario http://www.ch2a.ca

CH2A has 2 Chipmunks, a Stearman, and this Harvard in airworthy condition, as well as a static CT-133, and the Lancaster and Mosquito under restoration.
CHAA has 6 airworthy Harvards, a Tiger Moth and an NA-64 Yale, as well as 2 more Harvards under restoration.

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[Dave Hadfield]

That's great, guys. And it'll certainly wake up the citizens of Windsor -- particularly on takeoff!

How are you making out on the Lancaster?

Dave

[Taylor Stevenson]

Are the CHAA (Harvard Assoc.) aircraft owned by the association or by members of the association?
T

[Andy Marden]

Do you mean CHAA or CH2A?
CHAA = Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association in Tillsonburg, Ontario http://www.harvards.com
CH2A = Canadian Historical Aircraft Association in Windsor, Ontario http://www.ch2a.ca

CH2A has 2 Chipmunks, a Stearman, and this Harvard in airworthy condition, as well as a static CT-133, and the Lancaster and Mosquito under restoration.
CHAA has airworthy 6 Harvards, a Tiger Moth and an NA-64 Yale, as well as 2 more Harvards under restoration.

I meant CH2A of course, so thanks.
What happened to Tiger Moth 5830/CF-CLE which I thought was with CH2A?
Andy

[Rhino-9-3]

That's great, guys. And it'll certainly wake up the citizens of Windsor -- particularly on takeoff!

How are you making out on the Lancaster?

Dave

Hey Dave! Lanc is still coming along nicely, little bit slower than we'd like but it should start to pick up again soon. We did manage to move her into the main hangar not to long ago so that's a big step forward! Next step is to figure out where we want to go next on the project. Looking like the bomb bay doors are going to be the focus before we start to separate the fuselage. The Mossie is also coming along great, they actually just closed up the final section of the wing last week. I'm up North right now for work, but once I'm back in town in a week or so I'll post a more detailed update for both the projects.



Andy, C-FCLE is owned by one of the members of the CH2A, he keeps it at his private strip in Belle River for most of the year and then usually stores it with us during the winter for it's annual inspection.

[rcaf_100]

Are the CHAA (Harvard Assoc.) aircraft owned by the association or by members of the association?
T

When CHAA was formed in 1985, the fleet consisted of four privately-owned Harvards (3039/C-FNDB, 3191/C-FMTX, 3222/C-FMKA and 20242/C-FWPK)
Since then, CHAA has acquired it's own fleet through purchasing or donation, including two of the original four 'Woodstock Harvards' (3191 & 20242)
http://www.harvards.com/about/our-aircraft/

[hang the expense]

That's great, guys. And it'll certainly wake up the citizens of Windsor -- particularly on takeoff!

How are you making out on the Lancaster?

Dave

Hey Dave! Lanc is still coming along nicely, little bit slower than we'd like but it should start to pick up again soon. We did manage to move her into the main hangar not to long ago so that's a big step forward! Next step is to figure out where we want to go next on the project. Looking like the bomb bay doors are going to be the focus before we start to separate the fuselage. The Mossie is also coming along great, they actually just closed up the final section of the wing last week. I'm up North right now for work, but once I'm back in town in a week or so I'll post a more detailed update for both the projects.



Andy, C-FCLE is owned by one of the members of the CH2A, he keeps it at his private strip in Belle River for most of the year and then usually stores it with us during the winter for it's annual inspection.

Most impressive.You have some nice birds there.