After more than two years of planning and thousands of hours of hard work, Vintage Wings of Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces and Discovery Air are set to bring to centre stage, …

Ground loops result from the loss of directional control. What flight control is most critical for directional control? The rudder you say! What if I told you that the reason Harvards ground loop is because of a lack of aileron usage?…

The Supermarine Spitfire: has there ever been a more universally admired airplane in the history of flight? Perhaps I reveal a personal bias – after all, I was born in London in 1944 …

Parked on the ramp, the Hurricane evokes a mixed sense of frailty and terrific solidity. Beneath a fabric covered exterior is a tubular truss structure like a bridge. The wings are not just thick, but seemingly fat, as if it had just eaten something….

The Fox Moth presents some interesting challenges to the pilot, but overall it is a very pleasant airplane to fly, quite controllable on grass surfaces if the crosswind is kept below 8 kts [less than 5 on pavement ,,

Huge! Huge and Blue! Yep, that’s what the Corsair is when first encountered. The Allies’ biggest fighter! An airline engine with weapons and a seat strapped on. As you approach it, it’s a bit intimidating…

When I started to write for this website, I promised myself and you that I would never do an Avro Arrow story. Canadians, as Canadians will tell you, know all about this magnificent symbol of what might have been…

Most of us lucky enough to have flown the RCAF's de Havilland Comets had many "interesting" experiences. While having to shut down an engine shortly after departure and dump fuel…

Rock idol Rod Stewart once crooned "Every picture tells a story, don't it?" Well that's the way we would like it, but most photographs we receive, while pleasant, tell no story at all. But, then again, many do…

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 …

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 …

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…

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. …

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…

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 …

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…

Eric Dumigan has megapixels in his DNA. His blood type is f5.6 at 1/1000. His family tree is a tripod. He comes from a long line of aviation photographers. His grandfather photographed dirigibles,…

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…

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 …

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 …