Day 2 in Guelph
Our room at the hotel was quiet and we had a good sleep. In the morning we wandered down for the do-it-yourself breakfast where I made a waffle, of course.
We had agreed to meet Fearless at the airpark at noon. Unfortunately, Widge had to work so we would not see her again. When he arrived at the airpark he presented us with two DVD's of our flights on the previous day - one of Widge's still photos (about 770 of them!) and the other of his movie footage. The two of them stayed up half the night working on this for us! What a great pair.
It was a good thing we went flying when we did because now there was more cloud and wind. Two things were on the agenda. One was to poke through the hangars, which to me is similar to visiting hardware/lumber stores. Fun!
Two of the Tiger Boys had returned from the U.S, and we went inside their hangar to meet them. 'B' was busy making coffee. Tim Horton's coffee no less. 'T', one of the owners of that wonderful Fleet Finch we flew in, was sitting in his chair as relaxed as can be. It seemed that a constant stream of people came to see him.
Glenn describes:
'T', the patriarch of the Tiger Boys hangar, sits just inside the door in a large overstuffed chair, one leg usually slung across an arm rest and most times with a phone glued to his ear while he assures some anxious aircraft restorer, "Sure, I got two of those, I'll send one of them right off!" He admits he never married and it's easy to see why. Most women would not put up with a guy who would rather spend his life in a hangar full of airplane parts. And what a hangar! I've had a love of airplanes, both models and prototype, all my life but have never seen a more comprehensive collection in one place. 'T' tells of seeing a model of a Fleet when he was a kid that he desperately yearned for. He was denied that pleasure until just recently when a friend brought it to him out of the blue. There's no denying, his first and only love is airplanes. He must have a million stories. I hope he writes a book.
The second thing on the agenda was that Fearless was going to tape an interview of Glenn. This is something he does for free... out of enormous respect for veterans. In a world of ever-increasing money grabbing, this is so refreshing and helps to restore faith in humanity.
But first, we'll take a walk around.
There is a lot of history in the Tiger Boys' hangar...
many models...
and a fine painting of a Harvard.
A target drone that survived. These were radio controlled miniature airplanes used for target practice.
Well, yeah.
One thing you notice in southern Ontario are the fields of yellow flowers. I heard that the province banned the use of herbicides. Some fields were so thick with them I wasn't even sure they were dandelions, but they were really quite pretty.
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