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CBC Radio - Donna McElligott interviews Don Wieben and Henry Dechant
by Doug Roy on 07/02/10
It was great to have Donna McElligott, host of the CBC Radio show - alberta@noon, visit with us at the project near Fairview, Alberta a few months ago. Donna was very interested in the restoration of the Canso FNJE and talked to Don and Henry about the rescue portion of the project in Inuvik, as well as current work in progress and plans for the future. The show first aired on June 30th, 2010 - the introduction is below.
The Canso project
Several farmers from Fairview have turned their love of aircrafts and military history into an important restoration project. The Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society has formed to retrieve, restore and one day fly an old Canso aircraft. Donna caught up with Don Wieben and Henry Dechant in a huge shed at a local farm where they were working on the plane they pulled from a lake near Inuvik, NWT.
(To listen to the show please click on the link below)
http://www.cbc.ca/albertaatnoon/2010/06/the-canso-project.html
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