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 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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