Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

TOP TEN MOMEMTS OF 2010

From April's Kick-off Dinner to November's Victory Gala, 2010 turned out to be the busiest and best year of Vintage Wings operations to date. We acquired more aircraft, started more outreach programs …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

SHOOTOUT AT GENESEO

Geneseo is a magical place. A place where time seems to have not only stood still, but to have reversed itself. Each summer, the small village of Geneseo in west-central New York State puts out a welcome …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

THE BOTTLE OF BRITAIN

Operation Sealion, the planned invasion of Great Britain by German armed forces was, in effect, cancelled because the Luftwaffe was unable to establish air superiority over southern England…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

RANDOM BEAUTY 1

Over the past year and half of Vintage News stories, there has been much research to verify facts and find images that help tell the remarkable stories of Canada's aviators. …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

THE BCATP IN WATERCOLOUR

While scrambling through the internet this past month in search of relevant images for last week's story on the filming of “Captains of the Clouds” I discovered a wonderful place and an amazing set of images…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

CUE THE HARVARDS, LIGHTS, CAMERA… ACTION!

Back in 1941, long before United States of America joined the Allies in the war, Hollywood was already sending its best to fight tyranny - in a little known aerial battlefield deep …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

SHEET METAL MAGIC

Driving east down the wide Ottawa River valley, heading away from the setting sun, Randy and I soon find ourselves running out of urban sprawl. The township road rolling due east out of Navan…

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Eric Coekelberghs Eric Coekelberghs

A2A — BELGIAN STYLE

The thing that makes a life 'special' is the challenge to work hard and then to realize some of your personal dreams. It could be horse racing, climbing Mount Everest, rock and roll, an art collector…

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Richard Mallory Allnutt Richard Mallory Allnutt

Air2Air with Richard Mallory Allnutt

There are good aviation photographers and there are great aviation photographers. At Vintage Wings of Canada we’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

WIZARDS AND MERLINS

Recently, Vintage Wings visited the Canada Aviation Museum to learn first hand about Project North Star - the Museum's supervised volunteer pilot program to help them restore not only a Canadair North Star, but several aircraft …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

SAVED FROM THE BRINK

Unlike a painting which is the artist's perception of what he sees, a photograph captures that moment in time when the shutter is released. Photography, especially that of its early practitioners,…

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Nigel Harris Nigel Harris

MY BOYS

Nigel Harris grew up in England immediately after the Second World War. Steeped as he was in the history of that immense conflict and Britain's role in it, Harris has just recently come to fully understand the true nature…

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Gerald Haddon Gerald Haddon

THE LAST WORD ON THE FIRST FLIGHT

To be a part of the Canadian Air Force Centennial of Flight celebrations in 2009 has been a rare privilege and an honour for me. Few people have worked harder or longer than Brigadier-General Cloutier,

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

DUX UNLIMITED

Several months ago, there was to be a foreign exchange of sorts at Vintage Wings of Canada. Howard and Peta Cook would come to Ottawa to fly and share the fun of the Classic Air Rallye…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

THAT LITTLE FOKKER — Models and Vintage Wings

A year and a half ago, we ran with a little April Fools story about the Royal Newfoundland Air Force. It was done with great respect, a smidgeon of humour and lots of supporting historical data ..

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Evad Yellamo Evad Yellamo

THE PINK AND THE BLACK

This year marks the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada and across this broad nation everyone joins the celebration with great joy and excitement. Well, not everyone. April 1, also marks the 85th…

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Evad Yellamo Evad Yellamo

GHOST of the NORTH

Today marks the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest mysteries, tragedies and legends of Canadian aviation history. On the night of March 31st, 1930, the last garbled radio transmission was heard from the massive Royal Canadian Navy dirigible…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

RANDOM BEAUTY 3

Over the past three years of Vintage News stories, there has been much research to verify facts and find images that help tell the remarkable stories of Canada's aviators. Throughout that time,…

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