MIGHTY BLUE COMES HOME
Since being acquired by Vintage Wings of Canada from Pacific Fighters of Idaho Falls, Idaho back before Christmas of last year, our Vought F4U-4 Corsair has spent the winter months in more pleasant skies than available to her in Ottawa…
THE ROYAL TREATMENT
The Goodyear FG-1D Corsair presently owned and operated by Vintage Wings of Canada was acquired for only one reason - to tell the story of Canada's naval fighter pilots from the Second World War….
WESTERN SWING — Westjet Employees welcome The Gray Ghost
Thursday July 8th dawned over the Calgary International Airport (YYC) with a beautiful cloudless sky and a light breeze that would keep the afternoon’s 27°C temperatures bearable – the kind of weather perfect for a family picnic or airshow. …
AN ILLUSTRIOUS HERO — The Hugh Pawson story
If you were to ask devotees of Second World War aviation history what the words Furious, Glorious, Indomitable, Courageous, Indefatigable, Formidable, Audacious, Illustrious, Implacable,…
NAVY BLUE FIGHTER PILOT — Episode Three
In the third and final episode of Navy Blue Fighter Pilot, Lieutenant Don Sheppard is now a blooded veteran, a respected and much-loved member of 1836 Squadron…
NAVY BLUE FIGHTER PILOT – Episode One
Canadians like their fighter pilots. Perhaps more than any other figures in our military heritage they are a source of pride and admiration that even transcends generations…
BOTTLE OF HEARTBREAK —The Story of Albert “Tiddles” Brown
Albert Henry Brown was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on 26 March 1923. His father, and namesake, Henry, was a retired Petty Officer Stoker in the Royal Navy who had served in the Battle of Jutland,…
THE FIRST AND THE LAST
During the Second World War, more than 70 million people died worldwide as a result of the war (training, combat, civilian casualties, war crimes, as well as famine and disease related to …