by Diana Trafford | Sep 16, 2016 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Howard Watt, Quebec aviation
Living in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Barb and Con Campbell heard that Gold Belt Air Service was looking to replace their man at remote Bachelor Lake. They jumped at the chance to take over the year-round job. They would refuel the company aircraft, keep the two-way radio...
by Diana Trafford | Aug 3, 2016 | Curtiss HS-2L, Quebec aviation
La Vigilance on the waters of Lac Témiscouata. Photo: Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Fonds Aline Cloutier c276. Treasures to discover Aviation history buffs will find many treasures in Québec’s regional and local museums, as a friend and I discovered...
by Diana Trafford | Jul 12, 2016 | Curtiss HS-2L, Curtiss Seagull, Quebec aviation
“La Vigilance” – the Curtiss HS-2L flying boat registered as G-CAAC. Photo: Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Remembering a Canadian aviation pioneer July 17, 2016 – The date marks 40 years since Canadians said goodbye to our first bush...
by Diana Trafford | Mar 25, 2016 | Quebec aviation
Stitched panorama of RVA chez Mo / Mo’s Fly-in 2011 by Jean-Pierre Bonin © [wowslider id=”2″] Slideshow of photos from Jean-Pierre Bonin’s album of RVA Chez Mo Fly-in 2015. To see the whole album, with complete aircraft identification,...
by Diana Trafford | Mar 13, 2016 | DHC-2 Beaver
Hands clenched around the control column, the pilot was tense. We were flying across Great Bear Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Something sure was bugging him. I was getting stressed out. Whatever was wrong, I could face it – if I knew what it was. But there...
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