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…
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….
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. ..
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. …
‘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…
GOODBYE ARCH
His words are soft, with a stony edge, tinted with Australian and they speak ..