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- OBJECT TYPE
- lithograph/limited edition
- DATE
- 1999
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0335.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- North Atlantic Rescue; MP Style
- LOCATION
- Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 31/40
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 70.2 cm
- Width
- 50.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bennett
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- City
- Bridgewater
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The Canadair Argus was used for maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare and rescue missions/ one of the most effective anti-submarine aircraft of the 1950's & 1960's due to long range - Function
-
display; to commemorate the Canadair CP-107 Argus and members of VP International (VPI), a training program for long term maritime patrol missions - Technical
-
much of equipment built in Canada & played important role in establishing Canadian electronics industry - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering printed on border below image reads: "North Atlantic Rescue; MP Style/by Geoff Bennett/A Royal Canadian Air Force CP-107 Argus Mk.I subhunter, while returning home from an ASW/exercise in Europe, rescues and excorts a plane to safety. The pilot had become lost in bad weather/and was very low on fuel. Chalk up another one for the folks in the Maitime(sic.) Patrol Community./(C) 1999; Published by Happy Landings Fine Art & More/Printed in Canada by Atlantic Nova Print; Halifax, NS"; lettering hand written on border below image reads: "MP/P 31/40 {signed] Geoff Bennett/HAPPY LANDINGS to/THE NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM [illegible]"; counter signed by 6 members of VPI
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- colour picture; white border with black caption, b + w sketch & 6 colour insignia
- Decoration
- main image shows side view of RCAF Canadair CP-107 Argus in flight over water escorting lost airplane (seen in background); RCAF insignia on border above main image; P-2000 (predecessor of VPI) & VPI logos on border below main image; 3 squadron or base insignia (Comox, Greenwood & Summerside) on border at lower left; b + w sketch of Argus on border below main image at right
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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1999, Artifact no. 1999.0335, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0335.001/
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