It dismays me a bit to think of all the great stuff that
ends of going to garbage bins and recycling bins. If you are someone that
collects rare or vintage stuff, make sure your spouse, kids, best friend, or
online forum buddy knows you have it! I was lucky enough one day to intercept a
box of “old aircraft bits” that were heading to the curbside for recycling. The
lovely widow who was eliminating them was downsizing her collection of
belongings that included a good deal of her late husband’s old artifacts. I was
happy to collect a Motorola Airboy radio, a Motorola Airboy Sr. radio, and two
wing position lights for an aircraft unknown. I still haven’t had time to play
around with those Airboys, but I am trying to figure out more about those A.V.
Roe (Avro) lights!
One Canadian military aircraft expert I consulted said they
are probably from a Avro CF-100 “Canuck”, but possibly from a pre-flight Avro CF-105
“Arrow”.
A second Canadian military aircraft expert I consulted said
they were not likely from a CF-100, and possibly produced by A.V.Roe Canada
Hmmmm…
Have a look at the pictures and post a comment if you can
shed some light on this mystery. In the meantime, I'm going to imagine they once flew interception missions against Soviet bombers somewhere up in Northern Canada.
You can see other posts here on Avro aircraft (UK and Canada
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