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| 06 May 2022 |
I have often been asked about living
accommodations in old Gander which evolved from a
rough and ready construction site to a military base
and then to a hub for commercial trans-Atlantic
aviation. Each of these periods had its
characteristics and requirements for different types
of staff. The objective of this
article is to provide a brief overview of these
periods and to describe summarily the residences
that were available at different times.
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| 01 June 2022 |
The website has already
covered "official" communications in Old Gander, such as
that used by the army, ferry operations, antisubmarine
flying, civilian ground to air and the like.
Another article gave the history of amateur radio in Old
Gander. The present article aims to explain
ordinary broadcast radio - where it started, how it
progressed and how it got to where it is today, all
because of one fellow ahead of his time.
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| 04 July 2022 |
In principle, Gander,
being a properly organised and legally constituted town
only since 1959, there could be a mayor only since that
year. However, someone else had the idea of being
mayor long before that. So here is the story of
the mayor nobody knew about!
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| 07 Aug 2022 |
When
one thinks of "Old Gander, the images that come to
mind are either piston engine wartime bombers and
fighters or, later, the commercial aircraft that were
first piston engine or jets. But perhaps this
usual typology overlooks another type of airplane that
was neither piston-engine nor jet engine. In fact,
during the period of overlap between the two, another
type of engine was being produced – the turboprop.
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| 18 Sept 2022 |
Gander in the 21st
century seems to be well equipped as far as schools are
concerned. Be it with respect to physical
structures, teaching tools or qualified teachers, Gander
is more advanced than most in the world, still today a
safe learning environment. But things were not
always so simple!
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