War, for any nation caught in its misfortunate grip, can be a fiery forge of national identity. Victory or humiliation in conflict can serve to shape the national consciousness and international …

Two Royal Canadian Air Force airmen would become the first to die in Canada in the Second World War, but they would not be found until 1958. Canada is a very, very large country. Most of it is unpopulated. In 1939, it seemed a lot bigger…

In my mind, there are not many aircraft from the past 114 years that are a perfect distillation of all that is wondrous, beautiful and simple about powered flight. Some are damn fast, many lethal. Some are sexy like an Italian sports car, some boring like a city bus…

Inside the glassed-in nose of a Heinkel He 111 bomber, a pilot and his navigator/bombardier sat in silence, a silence that only they recognized beneath the blasting thunder of their ship’s two Jumo V-12 engines...

Are you, like me, stuck in a dead end job? Has being third fry-cook at Marcel and Hughette's P'tit Patate Casse-croûte lost its original "job-appeal”? Does it say "Acting Second Assistant Filing Manager, Dormant Records and Forms" ….

We celebrated a lot of things last Saturday night at our Victory Gala. Firstly, we celebrated a new widely inclusive operational model and the remarkable independent Board of Directors we have recruited.

Seventy-five years ago this year, one of the most storied and talked about battles in military history took place in the skies of England. It was a battle that raged for three and a half bitter months, yet involved less than 3,000 Allied combatants—all pilots with the Royal Air Force, mostly British, but also Canadians, Polish,…

A look at some of our creative Canada Day Greetings from past years…

A look at some of our creative Special Day Greetings from past years…

A look at some of our creative Pearl Harbor Day Greetings from past years…

A look at some of our creative Remembrance Day Greetings from past years…

A look at some of our creative Christmas greeting from past years…

n the mid 1930s, National Steel Car of Canada, a major builder of rolling stock for Canadian railways, based in Hamilton, Ontario decided to venture into the aviation business as well. For their new aircraft division, they kept their iron horse company name but…

The Spitfire has a form so achingly beautiful that it can reduce grown men to tears. Its iconic, graceful wing and purposeful silhouette are recognized to this day by not only the “greatest generation”, but by their children and grandchildren the world over. It embodied a Saxon fighting spirit,…

he year was 1962. The month was June. The day was “Air Force Day” in the Nation’s Capital - a hot and muggy day with a thin layer of high grEy cloud obscuring the shape of the sun but blocking none of its blistering heat….

Vintage Wings aircraft maintainer, phantom bucket man and boulevardier Marty Periard shows us he is a true renaissance man with these …

Dave Hadfield takes the Vintage Wings of Canada Fox Moth down to New York state tis weekend and met up with….

Since being acquired by Vintage Wings of Canada from Pacific Fighters of Idaho Falls, Idaho back before Christmas of last year, our Vought F4U-4 Corsair has spent the winter months in more pleasant skies than available to her in Ottawa…