Roland J Groome receives the first commercial pilot license in Canada. Regina’s airport was officially renamed in his honour in 2005.
Groome also has the distinction of registering Canada’s first aircraft, C-GAAA, a Curtis JN4 biplane.
The first flight of the de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou. Built at the Downsview plant, the Caribou saw extensive service in Vietnam. The Royal Australian Air Force still flies them today.
The first flight of the CF-18B Hornet took place at St. Louis, Missouri. F-18B is the two seater version of the Hornet used by the Canadian Forces.
Picture above taken at CFB Trenton showing the special paint scheme to honour the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada.
Meet the spokesanimals from Frontier Airlines. Absolutely the best series of airline commercials ever produced.
A rare opportunity. Big preparations today at the Canadian Air and Space Museum for tomorrow’s press conference and announcement timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Our special guest, of the aircraft variety, is the Silver Dart replica. Built to honor the 100th anniversary of powered in flight in Canada, she flew on February 20th on the same frozen lake on Cape Breton Island. Dedicated volunteers spent thousands of hours building the replica and we’re so very happy to have her on hand for our celebration. Watch for some big news!
I was really lucky to spend some time up close before we moved her to the big hanger. Very surprised to see this modification. Pretty sure it wasn’t on the original but I’m sure it comes in handy when you’re sitting in a completely open cockpit on a windswept lake in February.
He was the voice of news as I was growing up. When Walter Cronkite spoke you knew you were getting the facts.
As we prepare to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, to lose the man who brought the whole process into our homes is incredibly sad. You could tell that he was so very excited and awed by the mechanics and the people of NASA’s space program and you couldn’t help but be caught up in the wonder of it all. When Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface, Walter cried.
This picture shows him announcing to the world that President John F Kennedy had died. He cried again and the world cried with him.
Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009.
And that’s the way it is. And will never be again.
Cheeky ad for Air Asia promoting low fares to Phuket Thailand.
Extremely calm individual admires close up view of F18 from his balcony. Picture (from AP) taken in Detroit as part of the opening ceremonies for a speedboat race on the Detroit river.
Yes, I know it’s a “camera trick” but it’s still a very cool picture.
One more visit to the garden. One more farewell. Maxine, Susan and Ted together again.
I was asked to upload the expanded presentation of pictures that everyone enjoyed at Maxine’s life celebration yesterday in Elmvale. The file is too big for YouTube so here’s a direct link.
And a slideshow
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