Just spotted the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Lancaster as it flew over Toronto on Sunday June 29, at 12:30pm. The roar of its four Merlin engines is unmistakable and a dead give away. Must be a run up flight before it heads over the Atlantic to England in August. Best of luck!
My first ibook is available at Apple’s ibook store. Just $18.99US. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/illustrated-history-no-126/id841037541?mt=11 From D-day to VE Day No 126 RCAF was the highest scoring fighter Wing as part of the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force. This illustrated history chronicles the wing’s many highlights and shows the Spitfire in the fighter-bomber role, as well as its […]
Squadratlantica’s Doolittle jacket proves itself during today’s snowstorm in Toronto. In minus 8 Celcius temperatures and blowing snow the jacket, equipped with hood, beat the cold and kept me toasty warm. Don’t let winter take you by storm.
Over the decades much has been written about the demise of the delta winged CF-105 Avro Arrow. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding this magnificent aircraft. Conspiracy theories abound. While more terrestrial reasons for its cancellation are most likely – high cost, government incompetence or personnel antipathy, I did come across a passage […]
