Vulcan Bomber takes to the air

The Avro Vulcan, one of my favourite aircraft, makes a flight at Farnborough 2010.
Looked great in the 1950's & still does!

Russ Brown Aircraft Pics

From Russ Brown today, a couple of nostalgic photos of former Air Reserve jets...

" I thought that these photos might stir a fond memory or two. The last entry I have for T-33 467 was, Red Hot Alpha formation 20SEP58 with Wally Jaremko,1:45.
In the line photo 467 is second T-Bird from the right. The other photo shows 467 on 14SEP2000 at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls OR in the USA.
In '58 it was KH467 on 411's strength and numbered 21467. It has been upgraded with single piece windscreen, improved avionics and renumbered 133467.
467 is currently in the hangar at ZBB, about 5 minutes from my home here in Delta BC, and with a little luck I might just manage another hour in this old bird.
cheers,
Russ"

RCAF Roundel article - The Golden Hawks

From the December 1959 edition of the defunct RCAF magazine "Roundel" - an article on The Golden Hawks. Before there was the Snowbirds, there was the Hawks in their Sabres.

Click on a page to view a readable one.

There Never Was An Arrow part 1

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

There Never Was An Arrow part 2

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

There Never Was An Arrow part 3

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

There Never Was An Arrow part 4

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

There Never Was An Arrow part 5

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

There Never Was An Arrow part 6

This documentary was aired in 1979, 20 years after the cancellation of the Avro Arrow jet intercepter. I was doing a college paper on the plane around this time & moreso than all the articles, books, etc at the time - this film had the most profound effect on me as to what might have been if Arrow 206 had flown & the jet went into squadron service with the Canadian Air Force. Cancellation of the project killed the company, which had created 692 of the CF-100 subsonic jet fighters, the first commercial jetliner in North America & the Avrocar "flying saucer". They had ambitious plans for a Toronto monorail system among other ideas. When the doors closed, many engineers went to the US & some helped NASA with the Mercury, Gemini, & Appolo programs. Thirty years later, the interviews here with people who are now gone is priceless.

Part 1, Avro Jetliner & Arrow "Too Good to be True"

This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years as host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.

Part 2, Avro Jetliner & Arrow "Too Good to be true"

This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years as host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.

Part 3, Avro Jetliner & Arrow "Too Good to be True"

This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years as host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.

CF-100 at North Bay, late 1970's

This segment shows a CF-100 Canadian jet fighter in flight, from the late 1970's at CFB North Bay. It is from a TV series of the period called "In Search Of". Narrated by Star Trek's "Mr Spock" - Leonard Nimoy. The episode dealt with disappearances of ships & aircraft accounted for in a book titled The Great Lakes Triangle. Great to see the last Canucks fly, as I was there in North Bay around the time this was filmed.

Radio Control SR71 Blackbird Jet

Today's content comes courtesy of Carmine Nacaratto. A very large toy - that I'd probably prang!

B-58 Champion of Champions Parts 1 to 3

Here's a rare series narrated by Jimmy Stewart about the B-58 Hustler bomber.

Part 1:


Part 2:


Part 3:

CF100 Clunk project by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

This "Clunk" I knew well - standing for years on a pedestal beside the RCAFA Club at Hamilton Airport. Well in late October 2009, it was removed from its perch - apparently to be restored & added to the CWH Museum!