Hi Frank, and welcome back...
frank theriault wrote:
Just in case anyone was wondering (as I'm sure you were!<g>), the Diefenbunker was named after our Prime Minsister of the late '50's and early 60's, the Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker.
At least I now know where the wolf in "Due South" got its name from.
Other than having the Diefenbaker constructed, he's
best known for scrapping the Avro Arrow, an all
Canadian supersonic fighter aircraft that would have
been the most advanced military aircraft of its day. He decided to buy American Bomarc missiles instead. The Canadian aviation industry never recovered. He
made sure that even the prototypes were cut up and
sold for scrap, so even though one actually flew, none
remain today.
Rather like our TSR2, whose printed circuit boards ended up made into minidresses in Carnaby Street.
mike
