Rae coyle and I travelled to Greenwood on Wednesday where Rae presented his museum quality mosquito to the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum for permanent display. 

The mosquito will be hung in position with the gear and flaps deployed in a final turn to the runway.

Here Rae presents the model to Col (Ret'd) Brian Handley, President and CEO of the Museum Spociety.  Col Handley was a former base commander at Greenwood.

Rae chose to donate the Mosquito there because Greenwood had a squadron of Mosquito's there during the second war and he felt it would be a good fit.   It is indeed!

In the background is the museum's recently restored Avro Anson.  This amazing restoration took place over a number of years and it alone is worth a visit.  It had been quite a few years since I first visited this museum and it has grown into a very impressive facility with a lot of great displays and artifacts.  I highly recommend a visit!

Rae and I were especially lucky getting a personal guided tour by Col Handley which included the restoration shop out back.  Several large and demanding projects are being worked on out there by the museum volunteers.  Most impressive is the Bolingbroke restoration. About half the fuse for that plane has been completed and work continues on the fuse forward section and the wings. Work is continuing on bringing their Lancaster back to it's original military configuration from it's late in life maritime patrol modifications.  That mod had changed the Lanc nose significantly.

The Lanc sits outside alongside a Lockheed Neptune, a Canadair Argus, a pedestal mounted T-33 and a Boeing Vertol CH-113 Labrador.  A DC-3 which Col Handley referred to as a "dak" is being painted and will be added to the display this summer

Rae shows his documentation for the model which has a wing span of 81 inches and is painted in 418 squadron, City of Edmonton colors.  Rae says this Canadian squadron never operated in Canada, but flew extensively in England.