by Diana Trafford | Aug 24, 2020 | Aviation biography, St. Lawrence River
Richard J. Dawes: Dreams of a Quiet Life Dashed – Part 1 With nine victories to his credit, First World War ace Richard Jeffry Dawes D.F.C. said goodbye to dogfights with RAF 45 Squadron, and returned to Canada in August 1918. The days of Sopwith Camels...
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 | Dec 11, 2016 | Early air mail, St. Lawrence River
© Paddy Gardiner, 2016 Why an Airplane Sank at Shelter Bay in February 1930 By permission of Chris Hargreaves, editor of The Canadian Aerophilatelist, quarterly journal of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society. Originally published in issue # 109, December 2016....
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