tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post3080112332118476489..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Made in Sioux LookoutAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-45495440428334627692010-06-06T18:32:09.225+00:002010-06-06T18:32:09.225+00:00an all-weather canvas-covered nose hangar, complet...an all-weather canvas-covered nose hangar, complete with a small stove for servicing aircraft engines outdoors????<br /><br />Mike Eisenstadt<br />Austin TexasMike Eisenstadthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10348995487837707946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-71752550395005954152010-06-06T00:22:29.224+00:002010-06-06T00:22:29.224+00:00Very cool. Those must be aircraft skis, manufactu...Very cool. Those must be <a href="http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165922.html" rel="nofollow">aircraft skis</a>, manufactured in town.<br /><br /><i>The Elliott Brothers, of Sioux Lookout, Ontario designed and built replacement skis that would be utilized on northern bush planes for many years to come. The design was so good, that Admiral Byrd was to use Elliott Brothers skis on aircraft for his three expeditions into the Antarctic.</i><br /><br />I've gotten used to calling the local Sioux "Lakota", their preferred local name. But "sioux" falls off my tongue easily too.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-70519792560994311912010-06-06T00:18:15.489+00:002010-06-06T00:18:15.489+00:00Thank goodness for Google. All I will say is "...Thank goodness for Google. All I will say is "Admiral Byrd knows".Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726267862761677407noreply@blogger.com