Want to see over 65 historically significant aircraft in one place? Check out the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. A visit to this museum’s vast exhibition gallery provides a first-hand look at aircraft that have shaped both Canadian and world aviation history. Displays cover early aviation, war planes, bush flying, helicopters, fighter…
The roar from the skies that afternoon must have been deafening. At 1 p.m. on Thursday March 27, 1941, eight U.S. Army bombers rumbled into Prince George and circled the town, landing one by one on the municipal airfield. The Douglas B-18 Bolo bombers and their combined crew of 37 American airmen were travelling from Tacoma,…
Eyes were to the sky just after noon on Sunday January 16, 1938, as Prince George residents welcomed the first inbound flight of a new passenger air service from Vancouver. The weekly round-trip service, operated by Alberta-based United Air Transport (UAT), included stops in Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George before terminating in Fort St.…
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