Hydrofoil model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOTOR/GAS TURBINE
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0032.001
- MANUFACTURER
- de Havilland Aircraft of Canada
- MODEL
- BRAS D'OR, HMCS/FHE 400
- LOCATION
- Downsview, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN MODEL ONWOOD & PLEXIGLASS BASE/ METAL PLAQUE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 60.4 cm
- Width
- 27.2 cm
- Height
- 30.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- deHavilland
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Downsview
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
IN 1919, ON CAPE BRETON'S BRAS D'OR LAKE, A HYDROFOIL DEVELOPED BY ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL & F.W. BALDWIN ACHIEVED SPEEDS OF 60 KNOTS. HMCS BRAS D'OR, BUILT BY DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF CANADA WAS NAMED FOR THE SITE OF THOSE FIRST TESTS/ SEE SUPP. INFO. - Function
-
THIS MODEL WAS A RETIREMENT GIFT, PRESENTED TO DONOR IN NOV. 1984. - Technical
-
THE POTENTIAL OF THE HYDROFOIL AS AN ANTI-SUBMARINE VESSEL WAS INVESTIGATED IN THE EARLY 1950S. A SMALL TEST VESSEL WAS BUILT IN BRITAIN TO NAVAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT SPECIFICATIONS. BASED ON ITS PERFORMANCE, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF CANADA IN 1963/ SEE SUPP. INFO. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED MAPLE LEAF & '400' PAINTED ON EITHER SIDE OF MODEL/ INSCRIBED PLAQUE ON BASE READS: 'R.W. (DICK) BECKER UPON HIS RETIREMENT NOVEMBER 1984/ 1960- PROJECT ENGINEER- HYDROFOIL/ 1966- ASSISTANT CHIEF DESIGNER- HYDROFOIL/ 1968- DEPUTY HYDROFOIL PROGRAMME MANAGER/ 1968- HYDROFOIL PROGRAMME MANAGER/ THIS MODEL OF THE HMCS BRAS D'OR WAS/ PRESENTED BY HIS HYDROFOIL COLLEAGUES/ AS A MOMENTO OF HIS GREAT CONTRIBUTION/ TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DE HAVILLAND FHE-400 HYDROFOIL PROGRAMME'
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- MODEL IS GREY, WITH RED & BLACK ACCENTS/ STAINED & VARNISHED WOODEN BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Hydrofoil model, 1968, Artifact no. 1990.0032, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0032.001/
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