by Diana Trafford | Nov 9, 2022 | Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne, de Lesseps, Early Canadian aviation, George Fuller, Quebec aviation
Tribute November 17, 2022 — at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue (Montréal) On July 2, 2022, we lost one of our most respected Canadian aviation historians. George Fuller had a special interest in Québec aviation, and in early aviation generally. He shared his knowledge...
by Diana Trafford | Oct 4, 2016 | Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne, Nieuport-Delage 391, TravelAir 4000
The Nieuport-Delage 391 was widely used in France by the Compagnie aérienne française. In Canada, it was the aircraft of choice for the Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne for its 1929 airmail route. What a Sinking Feeling… Aviation...
by FOH | Mar 18, 2016 | Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne, Quebec aviation
From an open cockpit in a Schreck FBA-17 flying boat, French aviation pioneer Jacques de Lesseps and his team photographed more than 24,800 km2 of the rugged Gaspé terrain under contract to the Quebec government in 1926 and 1927. The provincial Ministry of Lands and...
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