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Post by trjudge on Apr 11, 2021 15:41:29 GMT
Re "Transatlantic Flight Pt 2", page 50, bottom of col 1 and top of col 2; TCA never operated Lancastrians. From Derek King's "Lancaster to York", page 1, last paragraph of col 3; "Contrary to many published histories, the TCA Lancasters were not Lancastrians, although they were even promoted as such by Avro in advertisements." Except for CF-CMS, which was based on a UK-built B. Mk. I, the remaining six were converted from Canadian-built B. Mk. XX's and were registered as Mk. XPP's (though it was a little more complicated than that!).
Terry Judge
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Post by ianmmacdonald on Apr 11, 2021 23:40:34 GMT
And, since we all want historical detail to be precisely recorded, it was Trans-Canada Air Lines, not Trans-Canada Airlines.
Ian Macdonald
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Post by Paul Jackson on Apr 12, 2021 7:53:25 GMT
The Lancastrian correction is just too late for the next edition's 'Feedback' page, but is filed for the Autumn edition.
Discussion can be endless on the subject of whether if the manufacturer says an aircraft is a certain thing, then it IS—whatever historians might argue. However, as one who regularly disputes manufacturers' published dimensions, I am not in a position to argue that the maker's word is the end of the matter.
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