Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:55 am
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....
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....
Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:18 am
BLR wrote: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.
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
Last edited by mrhenniger on Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
he has a t33 there doesnt he?
Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:51 am
I wonder if he runs that as she has a power unit plugged into it?
another thread hijack
Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:15 pm
It's another thread hijack but has anyone ever shot photos at a farm strip in Ontario, OREGON that has some rare jet warbirds?
Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:29 pm
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....
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....
Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:49 pm
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.
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.
Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:46 pm
Steve T wrote:
(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