by Diana Trafford | Jun 2, 2017 | Quebec aviation, Uncategorized
In response to George Fuller’s “Outaouais and Beyond” post, Con Campbell of Hudson, Québec, sent a couple of comments. With his permission, we are sharing them here for readers of Flights of History. Fauquier, J.E. (Commercial...
by George A. Fuller | Jun 1, 2017 | Quebec aviation
Vickers Viking flying boat, G-CAEB, purchased in June 1922 by Laurentide Air Service. Photo: Canada Aviation and Space Museum #1828. Welcome to Guest Author George Fuller A recognized historian of Québec aviation, George Fuller makes his first...
by George A. Fuller | May 31, 2017 | Quebec aviation
Vickers Viking G-CAEB, un hydravion à coque, acheté au mois de juin 1922 par la Laurentide Air Service. Photo : Musée de l’aviation et de l’espace du Canada #1828. Accueil à l’auteur invité, George A. Fuller Historien reconnu des débuts de...
by Diana Trafford | Apr 8, 2017 | Gatineau Airport, Patrouille de France, Snowbirds
Like Canada’s Snowbirds, the Patrouille de France are ambassadors of the air, seen here with their Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jets performing one of their precision routines. Photo by permission of aerobaticteams.net. Aero 150 at Gatineau,...
by Diana Trafford | Apr 2, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Lockheed Hudson
In the early months of the Atlantic ferry service, a top priority was delivering Hudsons from Canada to Britain. Once assigned to their squadrons, they patrolled the coast and protected the shipping lanes. Here, Hudson Mark II, T9376 ZS-X, of No. 233 Squadron RAF,...
by Diana Trafford | Jan 26, 2017 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Quebec aviation
Seen here taxiing on floats through thin ice at Lake Osisko, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, CF-AYO was the first Norseman manufactured by Noorduyn Aircraft Ltd. of Montréal. She was delivered to her original owner, Dominion Skyways, in January 1936. Gold Belt Air...
by Diana Trafford | Jan 16, 2017 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Howard Watt, Quebec aviation
Gold Belt Air Service base at Bachelor Lake, Québec, showing the original cabin on the left, and the smaller cabin added around 1948 on the right. In the foreground, the company’s Norseman CF-BSG. Photo credit: Canada Aviation and Space Museum #3840. In August...
by Diana Trafford | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Highway 148 at Luskville, Québec With photos by John Frazer Crook Airborne Getaway After countless hours of aviation history research, I needed something to perk me up. Like going joyriding. “Come fly with us,” my friends said. Who could resist on...
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....
by Diana Trafford | Dec 9, 2016 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Gander
The only Lockheed Hudson still flying today. Shown here at Point Cook, Greater Melbourne, Australia, it was taken on by the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 December 1941, two days before the war in the Pacific started. After serving with RAAF Survey Flight during the...
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