Dear Randy, I am a director of the Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum just south of Calgary. We are Canada's Bomber Command Memorial and have built up our museum to honour our veterans of the RCAF. Please see http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/ for all the details.
We are building a special tribute display to a son of Nanton, Jack Allan, a World War 2 Hurricane pilot who flew in N. Africa and was a post war RCAF pilot. Jack's last command before retirement was as Commanding Officer of the Golden Hawks 1960-1962 !
As I was a Young lad the Golden Hawks were my heroes and I got to sit in one of the Golden Hawks in Prince Albert when I was 12 in 1963.
We have a T-33 on display at Nanton and decided to mark it in Golden Hawk markings because of the 50th anniversary of the Golden Hawks and because of the Jack Allan connection (Jack Allan flew a support T-33 as CO with Golden Hawk markings from airshow to airshow as the Hawks moved around the country).
While we were putting on the new Golden Hawk markings on our T-33 we had 2 Hawk emblems/decals left. Looking down on my 1979 Lincoln Continental (which was all golden) I decided I must do my personal tribute to the Golden Hawks and we had the last 2 Hawk decals mounted on the "not small" front fenders of the '79 Continental. We added 1959-2009 just below the Hawks head. (please see the attached pic of the Lincoln and T-33)
When I went to the Lethbridge airshow to see HAWK ONE and the Snowbirds in July/09 I drove the "Golden glider" down for the day and parked it behind our Nanton Museum tent display. Along came Dan Dempsey, the pilot of HAWK ONE, he took one look at the Golden Hawk Lincoln and said bring your Continental over to the Sabre right now for a photo of them together. ( see the second attached photo of these Golden things)
I just wanted to let you know I am very interested in your Goldenhawk Streamliner and speed team efforts for all the above reasons. Plus you guys are Canadian and I would like to support your team in some way so that you can show our geographically challenged cousins down south (bless their hearts) that the need for speed lives here too.
Please let me know what is your time schedule for going back to Bonneville. Also interested in coming out to see your Streamliner. I will mention your efforts to Mike Potter in Ottawa who owns the Golden Hawk Sabre if you have not already done so.
Bounce back to me with any ideas or info on your teams efforts.
Cheers, Karl Kjarsgaard
403 603 8592
We are building a special tribute display to a son of Nanton, Jack Allan, a World War 2 Hurricane pilot who flew in N. Africa and was a post war RCAF pilot. Jack's last command before retirement was as Commanding Officer of the Golden Hawks 1960-1962 !
As I was a Young lad the Golden Hawks were my heroes and I got to sit in one of the Golden Hawks in Prince Albert when I was 12 in 1963.
We have a T-33 on display at Nanton and decided to mark it in Golden Hawk markings because of the 50th anniversary of the Golden Hawks and because of the Jack Allan connection (Jack Allan flew a support T-33 as CO with Golden Hawk markings from airshow to airshow as the Hawks moved around the country).
While we were putting on the new Golden Hawk markings on our T-33 we had 2 Hawk emblems/decals left. Looking down on my 1979 Lincoln Continental (which was all golden) I decided I must do my personal tribute to the Golden Hawks and we had the last 2 Hawk decals mounted on the "not small" front fenders of the '79 Continental. We added 1959-2009 just below the Hawks head. (please see the attached pic of the Lincoln and T-33)
When I went to the Lethbridge airshow to see HAWK ONE and the Snowbirds in July/09 I drove the "Golden glider" down for the day and parked it behind our Nanton Museum tent display. Along came Dan Dempsey, the pilot of HAWK ONE, he took one look at the Golden Hawk Lincoln and said bring your Continental over to the Sabre right now for a photo of them together. ( see the second attached photo of these Golden things)
I just wanted to let you know I am very interested in your Goldenhawk Streamliner and speed team efforts for all the above reasons. Plus you guys are Canadian and I would like to support your team in some way so that you can show our geographically challenged cousins down south (bless their hearts) that the need for speed lives here too.
Please let me know what is your time schedule for going back to Bonneville. Also interested in coming out to see your Streamliner. I will mention your efforts to Mike Potter in Ottawa who owns the Golden Hawk Sabre if you have not already done so.
Bounce back to me with any ideas or info on your teams efforts.
Cheers, Karl Kjarsgaard
403 603 8592
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