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 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. ...
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