|
Larry Johns writes - I enjoyed the article on the Shorts 360. I flew on that aircraft several times with Pacific Coastal visiting Campbell River and Comox in the early 2000’s. (I was working for a Security company that provided passenger screening services at those and a number of other BC airports). |
|
Larry Milberry sends this information - Aviation in Canada - Fighter Pilots and Observers, 1915 – 1939. By Larry Milberry and Hugh Halliday.
Names such as Billy Bishop and William Barker of the RFC, both holders of the VC, are covered alongside other luminaries including Raymond Collishaw and William Alexander of the renowned RNAS 'Black Flight'. More importantly, this book presents accounts of less well-known - but no less worthy - Canadians. It also traces the post-war careers of the survivors. Many of these remained in aviation and provided the nucleus of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and of civil aviation and 'bush' fliers in the Canadian wilderness, the latter a fascinating and little known aspect of inter-war aviation. This volume will greatly appeal to Great War 'buffs' as well as the more general historian plus it's an excellent reference for modelers. Reviewed by Andy Thomas. Publisher CANAV books. www.canavbooks.wordpress.com ISBN: 978-0-921022-45-9 Hardback: 184 pages RRP $CDN 50.00. |
 |
The World Airline Road Race (WARR) is being held in Amsterdam September 5-7, 2019. If you missed the fun in Victoria for the 2018 event, then make sure you get yourself and/or your team registered. |
 |
This will be the K.LM. Royal Dutch Airlines centennial year, should be a blast - don’t miss out. More info at worldairlineroadrace.org |
|
Paris Air Show - June 17 - 23, 2019 at Le Bourget, Paris, France Info at www.siae.fr/en/ |
|
|
Royal International Air Tattoo - July 17 - 21, 2019 at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, U.K. Info at airtattoo.com |
|
 |
National Pionairs Annual General Meeting - May 17, 2019 at Laval, Quebec |
|
Nancy's legacy. This is a cause close to the heart of Qantas boss Alan Joyce, who, under the aptly named Nancy-Bird Walton initiative, has committed to a goal of at least 50 per cent women in its pilot cadet intake in a decade's time. |
|
In 1933, at the age of 18, her passion drove her to take flying lessons. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who was the first man to fly across the mid-Pacific, had just opened a pilots' school near Sydney, and she was among his first pupils. Most women who learned to fly did so for recreation, but Nancy planned to fly for a living. |
 Some of the charges for a new low cost airline in the U.K. (Source: Jethros.org.uk) |
|
Source : Jethros.org.uk |
 Nattanya Andersen sent us this cartoon – The caption "This is your pilot speaking. I'm working from home today" |
