Dave Hadfield Dave Hadfield

KIWIS, CANUCKS AND THE KITTYHAWK

As I stepped off the B-767 in Auckland, I was aware of two feelings: a deep fatigue generated by 3 days travel from Canada, and a mounting excitement rising from the understanding that I was very close to the…

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Gavin Conroy Gavin Conroy

KITTYHAWK AIR 2 AIR IN NEW ZEALAND

Late last week, New Zealand photographer Gavin Conroy took to the clear Kiwi air over Ardmore near Auckland and shot some immaculate images of the Stocky Edwards P-40 Kittyhawk….

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

FLYING LIKE ARCH

It is a Monday and late in the afternoon out on the ramp at Vintage Wings of Canada’s hangar along the Ottawa River. It is one of only a handful of glorious afternoons we have been granted this summer. ..

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Dave Hadfield Dave Hadfield

BORN AGAIN KITTYHAWK

ome time well before May of 1943, a young James Francis "Stocky" Edwards shut down P-40 HS-B, serial number FR350, and walked away from it for the last time. In May of 43, he finished a year-long and stunningly successful tour with 260 Squadron of the RAF - with 13 confirmed kills, a DFM and a DFC. …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN

On September 19th of this year, the Vintage Wings of Canada open house featured the reunion of James “Stocky” Edwards and his Second World War Kittyhawk fighter. While Stocky received much-deserved acclaim…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

GOODBYE ARCH

His words are soft, with a stony edge, tinted with Australian and they speak ..

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