Vintage Wings of Canada : What's That Fighter?

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators If the idea of a Spitfire wearing swastikas is anathema to you; if you rankle at the idea of the Allies pilfering the leading edge technology of your fatherland; if you just love things that are both curious and spurious, then this massive pictorial tribute is for you. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know.

Vintage Wings : Postcards from Penhold

Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators Inspired by a Stearman flight at Penhold when he was a cadet, rookie Yellow Wings pilot Jeff Bell found himself this summer inspiring the next generation of cadets at the controls of another Stearman at the same airfield. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada

Vintage Wings of Canada Dive Bombing in the Spitfire

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators While the Supermarine Spifire may well have been the preeminent defensive fighter aircraft of the Second World War, it lacked the same dazzle when fully bombed up for attacks on V-1 sites in France. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know. Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada

Canadian Vintage wings : Call me Argonaut

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators Sixty years ago, she protected the Canadian Atlantic fleet from aerial attack. Today her mighty heart still beats wide-open, but over a landscape devoid of water. Follow this link to learn more: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know. Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada

Vintage Wings Roundel Roundup

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators What do Napoleonic soldiers have in common with Spitire aces of the Second World War and hockey stars on the Canadian Prairie? Follow this link to find out - http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx

Canadian Vintage Wings : Remembrance Flight

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators Come with us on one of three missions of remembrance carried out by Vintage Wings of Canada volunteers and sponsors this Remembrance Day to commemorate the sacrifices of our recent heroes. Follow this link to learn more - http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know. Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada

Aircraft Preservation : www.vintagewings.ca: The Moment - First Hucks Start in 70 Years

The Huck starter was also a standard equipment with the Belgian Air Force before 1940.
See also the pictures of Stampe SV-4 CG-OMD.
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The 'Hucks Starter' is news to me; some of our veterans may remember hearing of them years ago.  Quite an impressive feat of genius, engineering and machining. http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/381/language/en-CA/The-Moment--First-Hucks-Start-in-70-Years.aspx

There is now a working model at Vintage Wings of Canada.

Dave.

Canada Vintage Wings : The Art of War

Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators Often puerile, salcious or macabre, "nose art" is a true and much recorded form of folk art that has been around since the dawn of flight. Clarence Simonsen shares with us his passion for the genre and the most recent additions to the culture from a Canadian perspective: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/360/language/en-CA/Art-of-War.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our lists let us know. Dave O'Malley, Vintage Wings of Canada

Aircraft restoration : Canada Vintage Wings : Another First Flight : Fairey Swordfish

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Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators Once again, we have put another rare vintage warbird back into the world in which it belongs... the burning blue. Follow this link to learn more about our Fairey Swordfish's first flight after a lengthy overhaul of its engine: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Home/tabid/40/language/en-CA/Default.aspx If you wish to be added to or removed from our list, let us know Dave O'Malley, Aerographics. Article in Detail Here

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