The Anik D1 satellite is launched by Telesat Canada to provide television signals across the country. A Hughes Aircraft HS376, Anik (which means “little brother” in Inuktitut) D1 was retired in 1991.
Telesat Canada launched a number of Anik models between 1972 and 2007 with 3 still in operation. Launch vehicles included Delta, Ariane and Proton/Breeze-M rockets and 4 were launched from the Space Shuttles – Discovery, Challenger and Columbia.
Squadron Leader E. A. McNab becomes the first RCAF pilot to record a kill in the Battle of Britain. McNab was Commanding Officer with the No 1 (RCAF) Squadron and shot down a further 6 aircraft during the war. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on the 22nd of October, 1940 before returning to Canada. He was also awarded the Czech Military Cross.
He retired in 1957 and passed away on January 10, 1977.
Captain L. Reid and J.R. Ayling fly a de Havilland Dragon (G-ACJM) from Canada to Britain. This is the first aeroplane flight between the two countries. They left from Wasaga Beach north of Toronto and landed 30 hours later in England.
John Bryant (1880-1913) becomes the first, and only, air casualty in Canada prior to the First World War when his plane crashed in Vancouver. His wife, Alys McKey Bryant, became the first woman to fly in Canada a few weeks earlier.
J A D McCurdy piloted the Silver Dart at Petawawa Ontario. This marked the first flight in Canada at a military installation.
Picture above is of the 100th anniversary replica which will soon be put on display at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto
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 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.
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.
Terrible quality and too much wind noise but here it is. A flyby of the Corsair and P51 Mustang from Vintage Wings of Canada as they departed from Downsview Airport during Wings & Wheels last Sunday.
Yesterday, my mother “celebrated" her 80th birthday. The quotes signify exactly how bittersweet the day was.
Maxine spent 2 weeks in hospital up in Midland Ontario and was finally released yesterday. Her life is changing dramatically as a result of the tests that were run with not all the questions yet answered. But we won’t dwell on that now.
Mary Maxine Gorman was a young woman in Peterborough when Ted Mist swept her off her feet. They married and 2 years later I came into the world. Susan arrived 3 years later. The next few decades flew by as the family moved from place to place all across Canada driven by a man who was never really content with his lot and was always looking for that one big move that was going to make everything just right. Maxine followed dutifully bringing up the kids and experiencing all the highs and lows of this nomadic existence. There were good times and a whole lot of bad times but she’s always been the stoic one. She made the best of what we had.
She’s been through the death of a husband, a daughter and a partner. She put up with me in my wild teen years and all the hell that I dished out. She’s proud of how I turned out.
Years ago she supervised the building of a house outside of Wasaga Beach and she came into her own as it was constructed. Maxine blossomed. She became an accomplished artist, she rediscovered her love of tennis. New friends, new travels, a new woman.
The first day I visited her in hospital, one of the nurses thought I was her husband. Even in extreme pain that’s how good she looks.
So she’s back home with David and the zoo – Alex, Nicky, Patrick and Fancy. Now we have to get her back on her feet and ready to face the challenges to come.
Happy Birthday Maxine. My mother, my love.
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