We Had An 'Air Force One'?
CBC News reported today that the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum is trying to raise $500,000 to bring a Canadair Yukon CC-106 back from Guayaquil, Ecuador. According to the article, the aircraft once flew the Queen and former prime ministers John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson along with numerous soldiers throughout it’s career.
Apparently they have a deal to purchase the aircraft for $1000 USD, so I’m not sure why it will take another $498,000 CDN to get the plane back to Canada. Although it seems like a rather big plane, there must be some sort of transport ship that could sail down there, get the plane and bring it back? Of course, what’s $500K really in the grand scheme of things? Especially when the current government apparently gave out several hundred million dollars for nothing…
Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:05 Posted in Flying
