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Bill's
Non-radio Links. The following links are here mostly for me to easily
access wherever I am, and will be of no interest to you, except if in some
cases you have similar interests. But you are certainly welcome to
check these out. Not necessarily kept updated.
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ednet
Records DMHS Pearson Power School
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Honda 90
cc trail bike. In the mid-60's I had one of these, one of the
first in Canada, and happily explored the logging roads of Vancouver
Island. Here is a specific page on the
CT200,
a version of that bike.
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US and
Canadian military aircraft designation series: Canadian
military a/c designations Duplications
in the US Series Missing
numbers, for example what happened to F-13?
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AIRFIELDS,
INCLUDING AERO CHARTS AND NAVAIDS: Skyvector.com for online aero charts of
the US. Runway Finder..
an integration of maps and photos brings you to airports in the US and
parts of Canada. Airnav
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AIRFIELDS
ABANDONED AND HISTORICAL especially abandoned ones in North America. Abandoned and Little
Known Airfields. This very large site covers much of North America with
maps and photos. I am most interested in abandoned and converted
military airfields. There are many of them in the United States and
quite a few here in Canada. Pennfield Ridge in New
Brunswick is a completely abandoned former military field, and also in NB,
the airport at Miramichi is partially unused, being downscaled from when it
was CFB Chatham. Just across the border in Maine is the former super
SAC base, Loring AFB, that is pretty much abandoned. And how about US
Naval Air Station Argentia in Newfoundland, another major airfield lying
abandoned. These are just examples in our area. Here are some other
sites I go to regarding airfields and air charts as well:
Listing of Airfields
Open/Closed (in the US SW/SC states), Alabama
WWII Army Airfields, Arizona
WWII Army Airfields, California
WWII Army Airfields, Colorado
WWII Army Airfields, Kansas
WWII Army Airfields, Texas
WWII Army Airfields, Defunct
WWII US Army Air Force Fields. Strategic Air Command.com
, Joe
McCusker's Air Force Base List. Scott Murdoch's
database of WWII US Army Airfields and what became of them. Global
Security has a section on facilities, other sections too. Globemaster Military Aviation
is similar. Also www.RCAF.com
for historical information on Canadian air stations home and abroad, and
also on radar stations (see below)
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RADAR
CHAINS ACROSS CANADA: present and former Radar chains across Canada: Pinetree, Mid-Canada,
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FLIGHT
SIMULATOR... I enjoy this in a very rudimentary way, but am in the middle
of a simulated flight to cover all the military airfields of North America,
as well as all the major civil ones as well. I plan
to post my progress across North America... coming soon.
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Simulated
Air Traffic Control... go to VATSIM
and its Canadian component VATCAN
I use this for its real world information.
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AIRCRAFT
MOVEMENTS AND TRACKING: Flytecomm (track
individual flights or check all flights at a particular
airport) FlightAware
(similar but has map output) Aeroseek Flight Explorer
AirportMonitor
is a unique online display of airplanes flying in and out of several
different US airports... fascinating!
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SHIPS:
I have a residual historical interest in the tugs, liners, ferries and
cargo ships of the BC Coast, and in ships of the Canadian
Navy. Also the dreadnoughts, battleships, battlecruisers,
cruisers, aircraft carriers of the world's navies, again mostly
historical. Here is a site giving the naval ship classifications of the US
Navy. Always interested in seeing the cruise liners coming into
Halifax, and listening to the harbour traffic on the scanner.
Here is a site about a program to see a radar like display of ships: Ship Plotter
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RAILWAYS
OF NORTH AMERICA, present and past: I am more interested in the
system, the rails, present and abandoned, than I am in the rolling stock
and engines. Abandoned
Railroads.com Even though I live in Nova
Scotia I am most interested in the abandoned logging railways of Vancouver
Island, and also in the Kettle Valley Railway and Victoria Vancouver &
Eastern in British Columbia. Cycling the Kettle Valley
Railway. Here is a great site with lots of Maritimes
rail history: ROCA
Archives. I have several of these wonderful atlases showing
active and abandoned rail lines: SPV Railroad Atlas of North
America is actually a set of atlases that together now cover all of the
US plus most of Canada.
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ASTRONOMY,
in the sense that I do look at the sky and like to know which planets are
visible, and also do watch for the space station and space shuttle when
up. In order to check what planets are visible I usually use a
program on my computer Stellarium
(available free) that is good for centuries to come, but for the latest on
where the International Space Station is, or when and where the next Iridium
flare will be, and will I be
able to see them, I go to Heavens
Above, a site that you can customize to your own
location. Here is NASA's sightings site.
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Novels in
the JACK RYAN UNIVERSE (novelist Tom Clancy) see Wikipedia Ryanverse I
have read this series of very large novels several times. Hunt
for Red October is just one in the series.
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Novels
from LINCOLN AND PRESTON (their website)
such as Relic and Reliquary. I have read this series several
times.
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I also
have accumulated the HARDY BOYS books, nothing special, and also many
National Geographics, back to 1919, and Whitakers Almanacs from Britain.
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Enid Blyton. Like the Hardy
Boys, the novels from this children's author are panned by the literary
experts but I enjoyed them very much as a kid.
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MUSIC
from the top 40 era. I have a good collection of the oldies,
and like to know about the singers and groups. I am not a musical
snob, and am quite eclectic.... disco is fine with me, and I think
Celine Dion is a good singer! I also enjoy some classics and
country... Oldies Music
Fifties Web (not just
music) OldiesList
(links, including to radio online) Oldies
Radio Online (list/links) KRTH Los Angeles
Vancouver Radio
Museum.
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REALITY
TV shows about nothing in many cases.... Big Brother is the
best example of nothingness, but I do watch Survivor and Amazing Race as well,
which are a little less about nothing! I keep track on Reality News Online.
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MOVIES:
When I watch a movie I do like to look up things like "what else was
that actor in?" or where was this filmed? I sometimes go
to www.imdb.com for
information, but more often just go to the Wiki article on the
particular movie. I do have favourite movies and my memory is bad
enough that there are quite a few that I have watched several
times! I confess to wanting to have on DVD the
complete James Bond and the 30+ Disney animated classics and other selected
Disney movies. List of Disney
movies Wiki List
of Disney animated and partially animated movies. Another Disney List
animated. Excellent Wiki list of "all"
Disney feature films, animated and live action
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Interested
in importing a new or used vehicle from the states, click here.
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BRITISH
ROYALTY and Peerage: Here's a strange one.... the British
royalty... lines of succession, etc. Do you know the first 20
in line for the throne? here they are as of May 2012 (this
includes the 14 descendents of our present queen, as well as the 6
descendants of her deceased sister, Princess Margaret)
- HRH
The Prince of Wales (The Prince Charles; b. 1948) B
D W (first son of the Queen)
- HRH
The Duke of Cambridge (Prince William; b. 1982) B D
W (first son of the prince of Wales) (married to
Kate Middleton, no children)
- HRH
Prince Henry ('Harry') of Wales (b. 1984) B D W
(Second son of the Prince of Wales) (not yet married)
- HRH
The Duke of York (The Prince Andrew; b. 1960) B D W
(Second son of the Queen) (divorced from Sarah Ferguson)
- HRH
Princess Beatrice of York (b. 1988) B D W
(First daughter of the Duke of York) (unmarried)
- HRH
Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1990) B D W
(Second daughter of the Duke of York) (unmarried)
- HRH
The Earl of Wessex (The Prince Edward; b. 1964) B D
W (Third son of the Queen) (married to Sophie
Rhys-Jones)
- Viscount
Severn (James Mountbatten-Windsor; b. 2007) B D W
(Son of the Earl of Wessex) (child) (by right he is HRH
Prince James of Wessex)
- The
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2003) B D W
(Daughter of the Earl of Wessex) (child) (by right she is
HRH Princess Louise of Wessex)
- HRH
The Princess Royal (The Princess Anne; b. 1950) B D
W (Daughter of the Queen) (divorced from Mark
Phillips - who refused a peerage, married to Timothy
Laurence)
- Mr
Peter Phillips (b. 1977) B D W (Son of The
Princess Royal) (married to Autumn Kelly)
- Miss Savannah
Phillips (b. 2010) B D W (First daughter of Peter
Phillips)
- Miss Isla
Phillips (b. 2012) B (Second daughter of Peter
Phillips)
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Mrs. Michael Tindall (Zara Phillips; b. 1981) B D W
(Daughter of the Princess Royal)
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Viscount Linley (David Armstrong-Jones; b. 1961) B
D W (Son of Princess Margaret, deceased younger sister
of our present queen who was married to Anthony
Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowden)
- The Hon
Charles Armstrong-Jones (b. 1999) B D W (son
of Viscount Linley)
- The Hon
Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002) B D W
(daughter of Viscount Linley)
- The
Lady Sarah Chatto (b. 1964) B D W (formerly
The Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones) (daughter of Princess
Margaret) (married to Daniel Chatto)
- Mr Samuel
Chatto (b. 1996) B D W (first son of the Lady
Sarah Chatto)
- Master Arthur
Chatto (b. 1999) B D W (second son of the Lady
Sarah Chatto)
FOLLOWING THIS GROUP, DESCENT GOES NEXT TO THE OTHER
SURVIVING DESCENDENTS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRANDFATHER
GEORGE V: 1) The descendents of his third son the Duke
of Gloucester, followed by 2) the descendents of his fourth
son, the Duke of Kent.
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Also in
general the system of peerage and nobility
in the United Kingdom. Let's see: King, Prince, Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron, Baronet, Knight of an order, Knight
Bachelor.. that's the order... I like for some reason to know for
example what the courtesy
title of the eldest son of a marquess would be! Another on .
Official site of the British
Monarchy
Unofficial site re the British Monarchy
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ORDERS,
MEDALS AND DECORATIONS of Canada and the British based countries, and am a
member of the Orders and Medals Research
Society in the UK. Some sites: The Orders and Medals Society of America -- my
father was member #4 of this one. Military Collectors Club of Canada.
Honours (decorations and medals) of Canada, at the Governor
General's site. Dept of Veterans
Affairs Medal Page
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Where I
am from: Qualicum Beach, BC
Parksville-Qualicum
Beach News
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