by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
In Canada, Harvard Mk. IIBs were used as advanced trainers. They helped pilots make to the transition from low powered primary trainers to high-performance front-line fighters such as the Spitfire* or Mosquito*. A total of 20,110 Harvard’s was built between 1938 and...
by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
HMCS Bonaventure was Canada’s last aircraft carrier in-service. When Canada acquired the Tracker it was assumed the Bonaventure would operate the US – built Grumman Tracker. However that aircraft was about 11 ¾ inches too long to be accommodated by the deck elevators...
by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
Serial # 9813 Manufactured: 1943 “Lynda Jean” C-FCQT Douglas C-47A, serial number 42-23951 began life in the Douglas aircraft factory at Long Beach California in 1942 and was delivered to the United States Army Air Corps. The aircraft that would...
by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
From early 1942 to 1945, 2,853 Cornell’s had been built. The Cornell featured a fabric-covered welded steel tube fuselage. The remainder of the aircraft used plywood construction, with a plywood-sheathed center section, outer wing panels and tail assembly. The...
by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
Replaced the legendary Tiger Moth in October 1945. A total of 1,283 de Havilland Chipmunks were produced between 1946 and 1958. The Chipmunk was designed and built in Canada. But the Royal Air Force discovered the Chipmunk and realized it was the ideal...
by funp4 | Mar 9, 2020 | Aircraft
The “T-Bird” is a 50’s vintage trainer, and our example served in Moose Jaw and many other stations over its long career. This airplane was built in Canada as a CT-133 and uses a version of the Rolls Royce “Nene” engine. Hundreds of RCAF pilots trained on T33’s, which...
