Isn't she lovely... Isn't she beautiful... Isn't she precious?” So goes the happy and proud lyrics of Stevie Wonder's song about his new born baby girl. Well, we feel the same way about …

Once again, Gatineau Executive Airport in beautiful Québec, Canada was the site of an historic flight. After nearly five years in the overhaul abyss, the hearty Bristol Pegasus engine powering the Vintage Wings of Canada Fairey Swordfish…

To the west went the Discovery Air Hawk One Sabre, the Robillard Brothers Mustang IV and the Warrant Officer Harry Hannah Stearman. To the east went the four Yellow Wings aircraft – the Finch, Tiger Moth,…

One of the great joys of being part of Vintage Wings of Canada, the foundation created by Michael Potter, is the chance to share its beauty and its mission with friends and strangers alike. There is no better way to do this, to express the passion…

It’s morning on the day of Vintage Wings of Canada’s open house. The early summer sun is now well up into the West Quebec sky, but the shadows are long, the light is sharp and yellow hued and the moisture is still on the ground and not in the air….

Back in 1972, Vintage Wings of Canada founder Mike Potter was just beginning his life-long affair with flying and in particular, one aspect of flight – that of high performance aircraft. Long, long before he rose to acclaim for his business successes…

John Aitken thought he had dodged a bullet, or rather a bucket. On June 18th he soloed in the Vintage Wings of Canada Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI. When he taxied in and stepped down onto the ramp,…

From an aviation world heavily populated by former military aviators with Hindenburg egos comes a humble and big-hearted bomber pilot by the name of George Mayer who found Vintage Wings of Canada …

Flying in the Vintage Wings of Canada Harvard, Rob Kostecka and I returned from the Classic Air Rallye on Sunday. Immediately after climbing out of Rockcliffe Airport we turned right over the Ottawa River, climbing to 1,500 feet for the short flight to Gatineau Airport. …

On a Saturday morning in late March I happened to be in the hangar to discuss details of an upcoming marking of our High Flight Harvard. It was going to be a leisurely couple of hours…

t’s been over a year now since Vintage Wings has opened its hangar doors and began operations. And what a year it has been! Everyone from managers down to our army of volunteers have put out a maximum effort t….

One of the three pillars of our mission at Vintage Wings of Canada is education. To this end, we want to teach young and old alike the incredible history of aviation and in particular, Canadian aviation. To that end Mike Potter instructed architects to include a library component in the design of our new hangar facility at the Gatineau Airport …

Looking back now, it was far easier said than done. At a manager's meeting in January, I casually suggested that perhaps we shoot this year's Vintage Wings Squadron Photograph with all of our available aircraft in the photograph too….

At Vintage Wings of Canada’s first of two Open Houses this year, it was a day of many firsts and lots of fun and sharing. The weather was cooperative and as a result we had many unique and beautiful flying visitors …

One hundred and forty years ago, Queen Victoria placed her signature on the British North America Act. At that moment, the existence of a new political entity became official: four provinces, Nova Scotia, …

The passionate world of aviation holds within its arms many breathtaking moments for those who seek its charms. Many have felt the seismic power of a B-1B Lancer in afterburner at an air show; a few have flown upside down with…

If you want to be part of one of the most exciting things to happen to Ottawa/Gatineau in decades, but can only devote a couple of days each summer, have we got a job for you! …

This week’s story is not about the tragic end of a Bomber Command crew in the Second World War, nor hellfire aircraft carrier operations off Okinawa in the Pacific war. It is not about Merlin engines,…

On a cold and wet September afternoon, John Longair stood on the slick duckboards of a gently rocking, floating seaplane dock tucked almost unseen along the shores of the Ottawa River below the Rockcliffe Flying Club. …

Dan Fortin and the Nanchang CJ6A make a memorable sight wherever they go. And not because Dan is six foot three with a shaved head and a flashing smile or because the aircraft he flies is a bad-girl shade of Dodge Viper Red, …