tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841633648354600027.post1730299460334783658..comments2024-03-29T11:30:56.737+11:00Comments on Vintage Aeroplane Writer: Don't try this at homeVintage Aero Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16563126840290182376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841633648354600027.post-49393733835211053122010-03-07T08:39:56.561+11:002010-03-07T08:39:56.561+11:00That was my father, Herman "Slim" Knight...That was my father, Herman "Slim" Knights who was crazy enough to pilot that thing. Always a bit of a risk taker, he had been a Lancaster pilot in the war and returned home to be involved in many small west coast aviation companies: he flew for Associated Air Taxi,Queen Charlotte Airlines, PWA, and was part owner of Port Alberni Airways, TAS and KCR (Knights, Cadenhead and Rogers) out of the old Vancouver Airport, and finally Vice-President of Conair Aviation. Most of my summers as a child were spent camping on Shuswap lake as he flew out of the Kamloops base on air tankers for Skyways. Our favourite part of the summer was when he would fly by our lakeside campsite, skimming the lake with a reckless wing wag in a converted Avenger or TBM, often in formation with pilot Harry Bray. The RAF museum has our original Super 8 film of the take-off, having requested it from us in the 1970s. <br />Karen Knights kknights@cowlingplus.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841633648354600027.post-16013172322271838492010-02-24T00:55:12.140+11:002010-02-24T00:55:12.140+11:00Robbo is quite right, the RAF Museum do have film ...Robbo is quite right, the RAF Museum do have film of this. Check out: http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?view=detail&db=object&pageSize=1&id=76100<br />AllanAllan Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841633648354600027.post-56009883829754755172010-02-23T23:11:20.400+11:002010-02-23T23:11:20.400+11:00James, the RAFM should have some cine footage of t...James, the RAFM should have some cine footage of this. Several years ago I was contacted by someone involved with this event who'd subsequently been posted to the embassy over here around the time when the RAFM opened. He donated his film to the museum. I may still have the email but it was many moons and several computers ago.<br /><br />RobRobbohttp://www.aeroplanepix.comnoreply@blogger.com