“Pic of the Week”, April 10, 2020: Airplane Weathervane, Whitehorse

03 Airplane Weathervane Yukon Transporation Museum (95)

The world’s largest weathervane, an actual Douglas DC-3 aircraft, sits on a pedestal in front of the Yukon Transportation Museum.  It’s an interesting sight made more impressive by the fact that the plane slowly and quietly moves, always with her nose pointed into the wind.  The plane is so finely balanced that even a 5 knot wind will turn her.  I made a point of watching over a period of several days and she always seemed pointed in a slightly different direction.  

The idea for this weathervane belongs to the The Yukon Flying Club (which morphed into the the Yukon Transporation Museum).  In 1977, members of the Club started a multiyear project to create what was to become …

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Karl on Apr 9, 2020 | Comments Off on “Pic of the Week”, April 10, 2020: Airplane Weathervane, Whitehorse