What’s a WW II Lancaster bomber jacket doing wrapped around an astronaut?
Some photographs have appeared in print and on electronic media (internet, web sites, television) showing Silver Dart replica pilot Bjarni Tryggvason, retired NASA / Canadian Space Agency astronaut wearing a Lancaster bomber jacket over his more official NASA / CSA blues. The Lancaster bomber jacket is on temporary loan from Ken Spurgeon, a volunteer at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. Here in his own words is how and why pilot Tryggvason is seen in some photographs with Mr. Spurgeon’s Lancaster bomber jacket … from an e-mail he sent us the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 7: I’m writing to offer my heart felt ‘Congratulations’ to everyone involved for the very impressive flights of the Silver Dart yesterday afternoon in Hamilton. I was really pleased to be able to see the many flights and have an opportunity to speak with all of the volunteers and the pilot. When I spoke with Bjarni Tryggvason after he had done his first pass around noon I heard him say that it was a litt
