Prairie Planes

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After minutes of editing and a killer soundtrack here is a Vid from my 2020 trip to Invermere , this year I flew a bit different , instead of surfing down low on the rocks I mostly searched for pockets of wave forming from the west side mountain range and stayed as high as possible .

Conair flashback from the 70's

RCAF Station Gimli, a former BCATP base, closed at wars end in 1945, reopened in 1950 as a NATO training base, and permanently closed in 1971. I was stationed i...n Gimli in the late 60s, and returned in retirement in 2011. I made a 40 years later video for friends, I post it here for anyone who may be interested. After closure, several startup companies arrived, only to leave, or shut down when government subsidies ran out. Today, the former station is the Gimli Industrial Park, with 1 active runway. It’s also the summer home of the Manitoba water bomber fleet, and the Air Cadet gliding school. Gimli made the news in 1983, when Air Canada Flight 143, today called the Gimli Glider, made an unscheduled landing after running out of fuel at 41,000 feet over Red Lake Ontario, half way to its scheduled destination of Edmonton, from Montreal. The Gimli Glider Exhibit in downtown Gimli remembers that event. Gimliglider.org

Horton Wingless V-16 (1952)

A great photo from one of our members... Thank You for assisting with my research of the BCATP Air Schools we had here...An Avro 652A built by MacDonald Brothers Aircraft in Winnipeg. This aircraft was taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command on 8 January 1943 and delivered to Dauphin No. 10 Service Flying Training School 26 January 1943. Struck off service 16 August 1946 with 1289:15 hours in total flying time...

Thsnk you for your service sir! Happy Birthday!

Six years ago today, Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed while on sentry duty at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario. Two days earlier, Warrant Officer ...Patrice Vincent was killed in a separate attack in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Today, we pay tribute to them and their service to our country. Our hearts are with their family, friends and colleagues. #CanadaRemembers #HeroesInLife ___ Le caporal Nathan Cirillo a été tué il y a six ans alors qu’il montait la garde devant le Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada à Ottawa, en Ontario. Deux jours plus tôt, l’adjudant Patrice Vincent avait été tué dans une autre attaque à Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, au Québec. Aujourd’hui, nous rendons hommage à leur vie et à leur service pour notre pays. Nous sommes de tout cœur avec leurs familles, leurs amis et leurs camarades. #LeCanadaSeSouvient #HérosDansLaVie

Check out our brand new Heritage Minute on Elsie MacGill, the world’s first female aeronautical engineer, and pioneering woman in STEM.

Some segment of movie film I took whilst flying with a Spitfire over Kent and Sussex. Charlie Brown was not happy when they decided to give it a go, after it ra...ined hard all day until around 4 pm when flying commenced. The weather was marginal, as you can see with all the clouds in layers, some lower than us at 2100 feet or so. It was going dark, being the last day of October, in winter time and the sun set soon. He flew 3 flights and then had to fly back to Pent Farm or somewhere, in the gloom. I saw him talking with reception and went up to shake his hand whilst he was talking with them about this, which shook him a bit! Later he chatted away to me as I sat up front flying for a bit as well as having the only other headset microphone besides the captain of the Piper Chieftain Navajo we flew in. Paul Davies See more

Yah know .. these days most of us learn on pavement .. and are based on pavement. So I am writing this for newbs and not so newbs with limited grass experience.... When that grass field is wet because of rain or heavy dew .. think braking/traction coefficient of eel snot. Until you've built up some experience, double your landing distance and do NOT land hot. Posted for a friend who destroyed his pretty CE-120. See more

CC-115 Buffalo 457 arrived at the Heritage Air Park the other day. This donation helps to preserve the RCAF’s, and Canada’s, rich aviation history. The Buffalo ...fleet remains in operation with the RCAF, supporting search and rescue missions throughout the Pacific region as the RCAF crews continue training on the newly arrived CC-295 Kingfisher which will eventually replace the CC-115. See more

The Museum accepted delivery of the newest addition to our Air Park today a CC-115 Buffalo! Buffalo 115456 began its service with 429 Tactical Transport Squad...ron at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec on November 9, 1967. On October 29, 1975 Buffalo 115456 was converted to a dual role Transport / Search and Rescue aircraft, and subsequently served with 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron at CFB Comox, BC until its retirement in September, 2020. A big thank you to 8 AMS who helped maneuver Buffalo 456 into place today!

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will r...emember them. 1 Capt Lloyd Waterer 2 Capt Gordon de Jong 3 Capt Wes Mackay 4 Capt Shane Antaya 5 Capt Michael VandenBos 6 Capt Miles Selby 7 Capt Shawn McCaughey 8 Capt Bryan Mitchell 9 Sgt Charles Senécal 10 Capt Jennifer Casey

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On October 25, 1939 the Handley Page Halifax bomber took to the skies for its first flight. Powered by 4 Rolls Royce Merlin engines( originally RR Vulture engines were planned) this heavy bomber totalled 6,176 in production and served alongside the Avro Lancaster.

Airforce Day 1963 Rockliffe Airforce base. 8mm film by my dad James D Zufelt

Happy Birthday P-51!

Here are some pics I took the day before the crash, and I have finally looked at them and thought to share. Thanks Vijay Mistry for the recent pics to snap out of it and get back at it, see you in comox

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Lovely shot of Spartan Air Services Mosquito in need of some maintenance. Location is likely Pelly Lake, Nunavut, Canada, circa 1958. How hard could it be to ...do an engine change up there? Its only 744 km northwest of Yellowknife, NWT and 1780 km north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, pretty much right on the Arctic Circle. See more

This week we said farewell to Marg Fowler, our longest serving squadron member! Marg has dedicated 40 years to the Snowbirds and we wish her well on her retirement. Thank you for your service Marg, we’ll miss you! #thankyou #cfsnowbirds #rcaf