Warbird Information Exchange

Hi Guys,

Sorry to highjack this thread, but I thought someone might know about that other infamous plane collector in Ontario.

Does anyone know the status of Al Rubins museum in Markham? I heard rumour it is shut down and I tried contacting him but I don't get a response.

Any news on this?

Brian....

It appears to exist. I stopped by last Sunday and took a number of pictures which I will post soon. I was so tired after Thunder I made the stupid mistake of not checking my inventory list from the museum. If I had I would have noticed I missed about 1/3 of the stuff there. Oh well. Another good reason to go back.

Mike

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I wonder if he runs that as she has a power unit plugged into it?

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Cheers,
Peter

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It's another thread hijack but has anyone ever shot photos at a farm strip in Ontario, OREGON that has some rare jet warbirds?

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the update. Will you be posting the photos of your visit to Al's museum? Also any chance I could see that list of what he has? (insert begging Emoticon here).

Brian....

Brian et al--

I was last at Mr Rubin's field in 1999 (sans camera), at which time there were the following visible:

Sabre 5 RCAF 23301 (ex Picton RCAC)
F-104G Belgian AF FX-99 (ex USA)
Two CF-104Ds (incomplete)
Five CF-5As (incomplete)
CT-133 nearly complete, out among lightplane tiedowns

Mike will doubtless be able to finetune that and update it...

As of the last time I actually spoke with Al Rubin (1996), he also still had the ex-Jack Arnold Harvard (RCAF 2605) and the lovely ex-Cliff Glenister Miles M2H Hawk Major (C-FAUV) in storage. I last saw those two when they were on display amid a car show at the 1990 CNE at Toronto. Mr Rubin's quarters at Markham was not a "museum" as such, rather it was (is) strictly his private collection. To my knowledge it has never been open to the public. My few visits there and the photos taken at those times were probably made possible by Mr Rubin remembering me from Mt.Hope; I was on staff at CWH 20 years ago (yikes!) and his vintage aircraft operation in those days was across from Hgr#4 in Building T18. (I recall he very badly wanted an Me109; ultimately he did get a DB605 engine from, I think, Italy...)

Cheers

S.

Steve

Does he still want one?.... I have a few projects on my books

Dave