Hamilton Aero Club

Our 1929 Pietenpol Aircamper C-IBBM is progressing quickly The fuselage is now 95 % completed and the landing gear is installed All wings and control surfaces are now up to silver nitrate and ready for colour Instrument panel is complete. Engine is in Rochester NY being overhauled to new specs ... Hopefully she will be completed by the spring of 2021 See more

Some more Hamilton Aviation history 1930 when the British Airship R100 visited Canada It passed thru Hamilton on route thru the Niagara Peninsula to the Falls From Brenda J. Fillmore...... "Found these two photos from 1930 when the airship was enroute to Toronto. The one photo is from it passing our house in Hamilton. From our family album." In the last photo just posted in the comment section we see the airship over Jones St. in the cities west end. (Photo from Bill Hooper courtesy Murray Aikman)

A few GoPro shots from a film project We have been involved in for a couple of years. These were taken at the end of last summer while Sarah Thomas Moffat, our Cinematographer was doing some inflight filming. The film is Boundless and is written and Directed by Kate Campbell #boundlessfilm Photo credits; Sarah Thomas Moffat

Newly acquired for our archive collection These two seats were part of the Elliott Air Service inventory They are out of one of his 1916 WW1 Curtiss Canucks that he purchased post WW1

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For the past 2.5 years we have been working closely with #sheliftsofffilms in the production of Boundless, a story based around the role of Woman’s Air Service Pilots in WW2 This is a subject that is long overdue to be done for all of those wonderful Female Pilots that served so successfully during the war With the end of a whirlwind 4 days of shooting last week, the promotional teaser is now in the can so to speak We are really excited to see the final product once ready... for release Hamilton Aero Club would like to thank #katecampbell #pipdwyer #sarahthomasmoffat and the rest of the #Boundless crew for the fantastic work they did Here are few shots courtesy of #tomonogi See more