First flight of Westland Lysander at Canadian Warplane Heritage

She’s a beauty . . . this video is from 2009 And here’s a blast from the past in 1936 . . . including first public flight, air-sea rescue use (including a Walrus amphibian!) and raw Royal Air Force film of prepping a Lysander for a sortie.

First Canadian Forces C-130J Herculues rolls out of Lockheed Martin paint shop

Marietta, GA, January 13th, 2010 — The first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules produced for Canada leaves the company’s paint facility in Marietta, Georgia. Canada’s new fleet of 17 C-130Js will fly farther, faster, with more payload and much higher reliability than Canada’s older C-130s. All the new aircraft will be delivered over the next [...]

‘Hawk One’ F-86 Sabre comes out to play at St. Thomas Airshow

After ejection seat repairs were completed, the Hawk One — the Golden Hawks commemorative F-86 Sabre —  was cleared to fly for the second day of the St. Thomas, Ont., Wings & Wheels air show June 21, 2009.