by Diana Trafford | Feb 22, 2018 | Mo's Fly-In, Quebec aviation
Mo’s landing strip on the frozen Ottawa River. (Photo: J-P Bonin) Rain or shine, since 1989 — Mo’s Fly-In takes place on the last Saturday in February. Meet your friends, and see the action as planes land and take off, or simply make a touch...
by Diana Trafford | Dec 19, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Howard Watt, Manitoba Basin Mining, Ryan M-2, St. Lawrence River
“Spirit of The Pas” – Eastern Canada Airways’ Ryan M-2 in 1928 operating from The Pas, Manitoba, for Manitoba Basin Mining. Photo: SDASM 00390. Called a “Lindy Look-alike” or a sister ship to Lindbergh’s Spirit of St....
by Darrell Hillier | Nov 28, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Gander, Lockheed Hudson
Welcome to guest author Darrell Hillier Canadian Aviation Historical Society member Darrell Hillier, whose special interests include Ferry Command and Gander aviation over the years, tells the full story of Hudson T9446 which crashed in December 1940 with my...
by Diana Trafford | Nov 6, 2017 | Curtiss-Reid Rambler, Robert Bradford, Webster Memorial Trophy
Canada’s Top Amateur Pilot Imagine being named “Canada’s Top Amateur Pilot!” Liam Cohen, a student at Seneca College in Peterborough, Ontario, earned that title in 2017. The Webster Memorial Trophy recognizes...
by Diana Trafford | Aug 4, 2017 | de Lesseps, DH 60X 60G 60M Moths, Howard Watt, Toronto Air Meet 1910, Trethewey
Photo: Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Artifact No. 1967-0650. One of six Cirrus Moths delivered to de Havilland Canada at the Trethewey Estate on 13 July 1928, this DH 60X Moth (c/n 630) was registered on 7 August 1928 to International Airways of Canada, Hamilton,...
by Diana Trafford | Jul 8, 2017 | Bleriot XI, de Lesseps, Howard Watt, Quebec aviation, Trethewey, Wright biplane
This monoplane designed by the Frenchman Louis Blériot was one of two aircraft exhibited by Jacques de Lesseps at the Montréal and Toronto air meets in 1910. A Blériot XI, it was powered by a 25 hp Anzani engine. Photo: Canada Aviation and Space Museum #11255. ...
by Diana Trafford | Jun 18, 2017 | Ferry Command, Gander, Jackie Cochran, Lockheed Hudson
Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of her North American Aviation P-51B-15-NA Mustang NX28388 at Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1947 and 1948 she set four world and United States speed records with this aircraft. Photo © Smithsonian Institution. Source: National Air and...
by Diana Trafford | Jun 5, 2017 | Lockheed Hudson, Temora Aviation Museum
Comment and photos from John Henderson Recent posts about the only Lockheed Hudson still flying (VH-KOY) prompted John Henderson of Ottawa (jandbhenderson@sympatico.ca) to send this email. Herewith a couple of images of KOY in situ at the Temora...
by Diana Trafford | Jun 4, 2017 | Lockheed Hudson, RAAF Museum Point Cook, Temora Aviation Museum
In the collection of the Temora Aviation Museum, Australia, Lockheed Hudson VH-KOY (Military S/N: A16-112) is still flying. Photo: Temora Aviation Museum website. About Point Cook This post is by way of an addendum to “Only Hudson Still...
by Diana Trafford | Jun 3, 2017 | Lockheed Hudson, RAAF Museum Point Cook
In the collection of the Temora Aviation Museum, Australia, Lockheed Hudson VH-KOY (Military S/N: A16-112) is still flying. Photo: Temora Aviation Museum website. Comments and photos from Paddy Gardiner A few days ago, Paddy Gardiner paddygar@gmail.com wrote...
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