he year was 1962. The month was June. The day was “Air Force Day” in the Nation’s Capital - a hot and muggy day with a thin layer of high grEy cloud obscuring the shape of the sun but blocking none of its blistering heat….

Last week was an exciting time at Vintage Wings of Canada and at Cold Lake Alberta. Paul Kissmann flew Hawk One out to the frozen sweep of Cold Lake and the vast Primrose range trailing a U-Haul full of hope and excitement. He was met there by his old friends from the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment,…

Why celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight in Canada? This is a question I have been asking myself quite often as of late. ..

Paul Kissmann, test pilot for the Hawk One Sabre program took our baby into the skies this past weekend - one year after she landed…

If you want to be part of one of the most exciting things to happen to Ottawa/Gatineau in decades, but can only devote a couple of days each summer, have we got a job for you! …

At approximately 1015 local time, January 14th, Hawk One arrived from Cold Lake, Alberta overhead Gatineau airport. The temperatures were, well... brutally cold. The sky was without cloud,…

After a slow trans-Canada crossing through murk and clag and garbage weather, Tim Leslie flying Hawk One burst into sunlight somewhere east of the West Coast and dropped down through 34,000 feet of sparkling sunlight …

Canada is a country of extreme distances and scattered population. To say that the flying machine has greatly and positively affected our lives is an understatement. To say that most Canadians have never taken the time to fully understand …

There's an old saying in Western culture that states, “You can't go home again.” This somewhat unhappy chestnut can be traced to an excerpt from Thomas Wolfe's novel of the same name .

After more than two years of planning and thousands of hours of hard work, Vintage Wings of Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces and Discovery Air are set to bring to centre stage, …

Ask just about anyone born before 1980, who was the first person in the world to break the sound barrier and you will be answered quickly with “Chuck Yeager!” In fact, Chuck Yeager has been immortalized best …