Posted by motorv8N on November 14, 2010 at 16:58:29 from (24.150.136.61):
In Reply to: foumd in a cemetery posted by wilson on November 12, 2010 at 20:08:40:
Scott in SF said: (quoted from post at 15:53:13 11/14/10)...Due to the some neutrality treaty the airplains were flown into Pembina North Dakota, along with P40 fighters they were hitched to mules or horse teams and towed across the border into Canada. Horse drawn goods and equipment were exempted by the treaty....
Yes - this was a terrific loophole and the US and Canada made good use of it. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was going full tilt up here in Canada but we needed training aircraft. Enter the North American Harvard / AT-6, supplied by the US in the same fashion. They were flown to the border, landed and hauled across then took to the skies again.
Billy Bishop also was also actively but covertly recruiting American pilots as instructors due to demand.
Let's just all thank God we got the job done. The effort and sacrifice by all involved, no matter the timelines or nationality will forever be one of the defining accomplishments of our age.
This post was edited by motorv8N at 16:59:57 11/14/10.
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