Back in 1972, Vintage Wings of Canada founder Mike Potter was just beginning his life-long affair with flying and in particular, one aspect of flight – that of high performance aircraft. Long, long before he rose to acclaim for his business successes…

John Aitken thought he had dodged a bullet, or rather a bucket. On June 18th he soloed in the Vintage Wings of Canada Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI. When he taxied in and stepped down onto the ramp,…

My professional flying career started in 1959 at Primary Flying School, Centralia, Ontario on the De Havilland Chipmunk. I subsequently flew for 37 years, checked out on 26 types, logged 10,500 hours …

From an aviation world heavily populated by former military aviators with Hindenburg egos comes a humble and big-hearted bomber pilot by the name of George Mayer who found Vintage Wings of Canada …

Flying in the Vintage Wings of Canada Harvard, Rob Kostecka and I returned from the Classic Air Rallye on Sunday. Immediately after climbing out of Rockcliffe Airport we turned right over the Ottawa River, climbing to 1,500 feet for the short flight to Gatineau Airport. …

On a Saturday morning in late March I happened to be in the hangar to discuss details of an upcoming marking of our High Flight Harvard. It was going to be a leisurely couple of hours…

When Captain Gunnar Neiguffson of the Royal Canadian Air Force completed his training as a Public Affairs Officer in 2008, his first posting was as an exchange officer with the Luftforstvaret…

t’s been over a year now since Vintage Wings has opened its hangar doors and began operations. And what a year it has been! Everyone from managers down to our army of volunteers have put out a maximum effort t….

One of the three pillars of our mission at Vintage Wings of Canada is education. To this end, we want to teach young and old alike the incredible history of aviation and in particular, Canadian aviation. To that end Mike Potter instructed architects to include a library component in the design of our new hangar facility at the Gatineau Airport …

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! …

If we have learned on thing in this endeavour known as Vintage Wings of Canada, it is that excellence is the result of people, not aircraft. Putting ourselves on the vintage aircraft map…

Group photo of volunteers from 2008

Looking back now, it was far easier said than done. At a manager's meeting in January, I casually suggested that perhaps we shoot this year's Vintage Wings Squadron Photograph with all of our available aircraft in the photograph too….

At Vintage Wings of Canada’s first of two Open Houses this year, it was a day of many firsts and lots of fun and sharing. The weather was cooperative and as a result we had many unique and beautiful flying visitors …

One hundred and forty years ago, Queen Victoria placed her signature on the British North America Act. At that moment, the existence of a new political entity became official: four provinces, Nova Scotia, …

The passionate world of aviation holds within its arms many breathtaking moments for those who seek its charms. Many have felt the seismic power of a B-1B Lancer in afterburner at an air show; a few have flown upside down with…

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! …

Sir George of Mayer, The Duke of Penhold, Earl of Argus-shire and Clown Prince of Vintage Wings, dances in the blue Canadian skies with an old flame – still as beautiful and yellow as she was when he was first smitten by her…

On a day reminiscent of a soggy watercolour painting, I participated at the Fifth Annual Volunteer (and Guide) Training Day given by Vintage Wings of Canada and held at their hangar at the Executive Airport in Gatineau….

This week’s story is not about the tragic end of a Bomber Command crew in the Second World War, nor hellfire aircraft carrier operations off Okinawa in the Pacific war. It is not about Merlin engines,…