Fascinating! The Argus was designed as a ultra long range and time on station ASW platform. In your log book, what was the longest flight aboard an Argus you were part of?

Did you ever fly with Barry Towill? He was a neighbour of mine for a few years.

@@DougHanchard 19 hours, 15 minutes

@@briggsquantum Don't remember him

@@regwatts3866 You should write a book about your experiences.

There was a lot of incentives back then to stick to standards. Most people knew they had jobs for life if their kept their noses clean and dressed smart. They did their part and had security and the employers their part in keeping work coming in and giving a fair deal. Houses and cars were much more affordable and you had a real chance of giving your children a good future. The world sadly has changed. The working classes want more for less, the bosses do not offer any real security and how many offer a job for life. The companies saw it was much easier and cheaper to farm off the labour to cheap Asian markets especially China and now look at the mess we are in, all because of greed and shortsightedness. I bet you can only but dream to give your grand kids the same opportunities even if they are brought up well.

Completely agree.

I really agree with you!

Nope. Not one bit corny.

There's an even better one on this same channel that isn't so phony, called, "Challenger: An Industrial Romance", you should really check it out. It's one of the best aircraft docs I've seen.

@@everythingviral972 I know it well, and I agree. And very touching at the end when it's flying to the music of Pachelbel.

Well stated Peter. You in Summerside 59-67? Know any FE’s back then?

The aurora is a great plane....

Thank you for your service sir.

You amazing old fart

Cayman Hunter zip it tard

Psychopaths run the world my friend ! Now the NWO and Bill Gates of Sheol want to chip us and control us .That's the powers you were serving ! Amein!

@@markdemell3717 Step away from the crack pipe.

@@markdemell3717 your village called looking for you.

@@ih302 You wish.

balsumfractus That must have been amazing! Now I have to go and look up its history. I know nothing about it.🇨🇦

That must have been when our goverment had "stones".

My first Sqn tour fliying the Argus 62-66 on 415 Sqn!

Peter Devana Holy cow! Incredible! 415 Sqn. Topguns!

The Argus holds the Canadian military record for non-fueled flight, but not a "world record". Just for comparison, the recon version of the B-36 had a theoretical endurance of 50 hours.

Billy Rock My understanding is the Canadian endurance record was limited by engine oil consumption, not fuel! What a great doc, as an Officer Cadet on summer training in Summerside had two short family flights summer of 1971.

Peter Devana Fly with any FEs? Remember any?

You got that right, wish it still existed. Politics poisons virtually everything.

wlodell no joke!

Things in Canada have not been the same since that woman showed her stuff at Studio 54.therunagatesclub.blogspot.com/2016/04/margaret-trudeaus-bum.html?m=1

@@MrMelgibstein It's what came out of there that's the problem. Isn't that soy boy's mom?

@@joeboygo It sure is, Lol.

Our family lived in Greenwood from 1967 to 1973 and my Dad also worked on the Argus.

I was there 72-75 on 405 Sqn.

I was posted to 404 Sqn to bring in the Aurora in 80.

I remember him.

Unfortunately politics has played a very heavy hand in this debacle starting with the cancellation of the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow as in 20 February 1959 the "formidable" Prime Minister of Canada John Deifnbaker abruptly halted the development of the Arrow (and its Iroquois engines) when ready effectively putting out of business the Avro factory and scattering all the highly qualified people. The consequences are still felt today...

@@paoloviti6156 Yup. And the US grabbed a lot of those skilled designers and engineers for the Apollo program. Back in the day Canada punched way above its weight and Douchenbaker killed that and turned us into a third class country in terms of innovation.

…..or when Bristol aircraft at Filton, UK did.

Look what's happened to Bombardier.

@@paoloviti6156 Think about how much the UK saves by having the US pay for Canadian defense.

The USA or Mexico? All Australian hot water systems are still made in Australia. A matter of weight I imagine. Gas systems that work on a demand basis I am not sure.

Ccp

@@skippy5712 -China bought 22 to 27% of Aus many years back. Ausies wanted Free stuff of Socialism and China gave them the cash to do it... in exchange for a 'great white shark' bite of the Ausies vast mineral reserves. The rest of the Aus economy to this day pays China an ever increasing percentage, for all of it's other free socialized 'stuff' ;

It was made in China.

Maybe it wasn't such a good idea for our corporate manufacturing giants to put all of their eggs into the China/India/Korean baskets in the name of BIG CORPORATE PROFITS ? The contaminated chickens now seem to be coming home to roost (food for thought).

Bud, we still do, but the "big boys" won't even look at our way anymore. We have become just another sheep in a flock of sheeps, and i fear our moment in time has passed, thanks to the cold war, weak politicians, an inherent financial timidity and an indifferent population. Canada COULD HAVE BECOME, a world class power, but now, we are, at best, a footnote in history. THANK YOU!

And of course the basic design of the ICL 1900 series mainframes that I worked on in Johannesburg as a young man was Canadian.

@Nobby Barnes well. I know about 2 out of the 3, which are in decline. The U.S., which has lost the moral high ground because of Trumpet, and Russia who if they mounted a single major attack would exhaust the treasury, now that it is Putin's. China is making a lot of noise, but they have virtually nothing to back up their claims. At least nothing LEGAL. The U.N. is ineffectual, as is the World Court. Boycotts will only Take you so far. Eventually we (collective we) will end up in a shooting war if Trump has his way.

Cancelling the Arrow had the effect of cancelling Canada's world class aviation industry. My RCAF family despised Diefenbaker and the Conservatives for doing that.

@@brianrichard8310 With 38m people, we were never going to be a world class power. I am sorry to hear your life hasn't worked out for you.

None remain airworthy. But several are preserved at flight museums. The rest were scrapped.

ok boomer

​@@kenetickups6146 crooked touch screen virtual kid

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They were still brain washed through academia and controlled to serve their master . NOW the NWO and Bill Gatekeeper of Sheol want to chip us all and make us puppets to play with ! It's all WAR PIG games and it is sick ! Amein!

mark demell Thank you cia

and Lockheed did the same when it turned the Electra into the Orion.

Still prefer the RAF’s old ASW Shackleton’s. Based on the WWII Lancaster Bomber. The four Merlin engines sounded so sweet. Still in service with the RAF in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 until the early ’80’s. Often referred to as “100,000 Rivets flying in Close Formation” 🇬🇧✈️😁.

"THOUSANDS!!" And it had lots of lights. And you could heat up your lunch on top of it.

Scott Paris I always wondered if the blinking lights were just a Hollywood prop but they actually served a purpose. When the program code got to a certain step a particular light would come on to indicate the progress. If it got caught in an endless loop that would be evident at a glance.

Best part: the Nixie tube display!

cerberus1981 The last time I was in Japan I saw they had a resurgence of old-school stereo amplifiers and turntables. Lots of glowing tubes out in the open, gold plated cases, and those Nixie tubes!

Your smartphone has more capability than those computers.

@@markwilliams7712 Surely you jest. My smartphone fits in my pocket, but this computer takes up half a room....

@@KenPaulsenArchitect You think thats bad? My father worked in the SAGE complex, and their computer took up 85% of all floor space, and the building was several stories, even below ground.

@@brianrichard8310 So.... what's a computer like that go for these days? I can shuffle the couch around and maybe sell the dinette set.... Been planning to upgrade from my TRS-80 and don't want to make a bad choice...

@@KenPaulsenArchitect If you want to do some deep, deep "dumpster diving", head to your nearest municipal dump, and dig. You should reach that layer in about . . 30 years.

Now if only there was a similar one for Avro with the arrow.

Mimicked technology from Sperm whales .The plane is actually named after a Greek god with a thousand eye! WAR ,what is it good for? Absolutely nothing ! Amein.

I've seen it published before. Very bawdy.

That's exactly what it was - with Wright R3350 turbo-compound piston engines for endurance.

briggsquantum at the expense of reliability

It's said at the beginning, and shown too, with the transformations parts of the fuselage to receive the detection and observation systemes. Britannia was a very beautiful plane... But she came too late : the commercial jets won the market. Sad...

@@andremetayer1467 Yes a Bristol Britannia, but NOT Jet power plants, they were Bristol Siddeley Proteus Turboprops...

@@packtech Of course ! my english is not so good ... I meant that the Britannia arrived too late, faced with the arrival of commercial jets ... Am I correct ?

Pat Most safety equipment these days is to keep the bosses safe not necessarily the worker.

People didn’t used to be so dumb. They didn’t need someone holding their hand all the time. They still don’t. The Government insists on inserting themselves in every aspect of our lives. They think they are smart and we aren’t. Actually, it’s the other way around.

@@efs83dws , You're missing the point. I worked in industry for 45 years, and I tell you that I WANT the safety equipt. and I'm glad it's required nowadays. I've seen too many industrial accidents to scoff at safety requirements. It may be a PIA sometimes, but I still have all my fingers & two good eyes.

It says at the top of the comments-1957

You have to click on the show more button. otherwise its hidden.

@@slobama Yup, if one just is curious enough one will find it 😁

As it should be....

Have you been to an engineering school lately? It hasn't changed in that respect all that much.

She made great sandwiches.

@Big Bill O'Reilly Jesus imagine being this dumb...

@Big Bill O'Reilly Gotta be a bot, can't even string a sentence together..

Bill Shaver - That's because of the great Conservative Leader John Deif! He cancelled and then destroyed the AVRO CF 105 Arrow project and then told the Americans we would not go it alone on future projects! That's why we end up with American castoffs instead of building our own defence needs!

Why can't Bombardier build aircraft for the RCAF.

@@mafmaf6417 Seriously Bombardier can't even build aircraft for themselves.

@@matthewq4b no they can make aircraft. They just needed money from another company besides the Federal government.

Yes, the Crown paid for the military of it's entire empire.

@Chesty McStudmuffin no that was general George Washington when he took over the airports during the revolutionary war!! President trump said so!! And he wouldn't tell a lie!! Just some alternative facts maybe!

@@sorleymcsorley5558 Still makes me smile everytime i hear "alternate facts". Conway does have a vivid imagination. No brains, but a vivid imagination.

@Chesty McStudmuffin Actually 1812. When we kicked your ass and sent you back accross the border.

@Nobby Barnes Agreed. Yokel: A backwoods term meaning inbred nosepicking knuckdragger.