Exciting email from the dashing Nils Ling, bon vivant and Air Commander, a Ling among Lings but not of those Lings, who sent these lovely photos:

Here is the text of his email:

Hey, Alan ...

Here are two Manitoba jetsicles ... the first, from Gimli, is dedicated to the (now closed) RCAF base there. My father actually flew this actual plane when he was instructing in Gimli. It was not, at the time, attached to the pedestal.

The other - also a T-33, is painted in the colours of the Golden Centennaires (catchy, huh?), who were the RCAF aerobatics team in 1967.

Cheers
Nils