Bart Bear's Blog

Here I am at the South Australian Aviation Museum. This is a museum that is growing rather well at the moment. Its main hangar has lots of interesting aircraft in it, and the guides will show you around the workshop if you are interested (particularly if you are an interested small bear). In this picture you can see an English Electric Canberra and the framework of an Avro Anson. with a bit of the tail of a C-47 Dakota and an Jindivik target drone in the background.
I have had an email from somebody who wants to know why I always say "aeroplane" rather than "airplane" like they do on TV. Well, "aeroplane" is the correct name, it means "flys in the air". "Airplane" is an American mangling of the correct word. An "airplane" is a pneumatically-powered tool for smoothing wood (I had to check that big word up in a dictionary), not something that I would like to try flying in. So it is "aeroplane" or "aircraft" as far as this small Aussie bear is concerned, regardless of what American TV calls them.
Nit-picking aside, do visit the Port Adelaide area if you are ever across that way. Any place with maritime, aviation, railway and military vehicle museums all within a couple of blocks of one another is well worth the trip.

Labels: Adelaide, aircraft, South Australia