RapidFireWeb Airspeed Gliders (RAF Photo) Airspeed Horsa Transport Glider, RAF (Serial No. DP726). The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War. It was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Limited, alongside various subcontractors; the type was named after Horsa, the legendary 5th-century conqueror of southern Britain. Having been greatly impressed … Read more
General Aircraft Hotspur Mk. II Glider (IWM Photo, CH 006030) General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur Mk. II gliders, RAF (Serial No. BT551), L, nearest, of No. 2 Glider Training Unit based at Weston-on-the-Green, in free flight over the Oxfordshire countryside, England, 24 June 1942. Although relatively heavy with a high sink rate, the Hotspur exhibited good … Read more
Warplanes in Nova Scotia The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors found here are by the … Read more
CFB Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Greenwood Aviation Museum Logo. The museum was begun in 1992 after being initiated by base commander Colonel Kenneth Allen (1941-2017). (Author Photo) Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune (Serial No. 24113), (Serial No. 24117), USN (BuNo. 147969), VN 101, painted in RCAF dark blue. This aircraft is on loan to the museum from … Read more
CFB Shearwater Aviation Museum Shearwater Aviation Museum (SAM), 12 Wing. Website: https://shearwateraviationmuseum.ca/ 12 Wing, CFB Shearwater Beechcraft Expeditor, being restored. Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (Serial No. 133038), (Serial No. 21038). Silver, VU32, RCN. The CT-133’s on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum are two of the 656 CT-133’s built for the Royal Canadian Air Force … Read more
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum The Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum (ACAM), near the Halifax Stansfield International Airport, 20 Sky Blvd, Goffs. (Author Photos) AEA Silver Dart replica. The original Silver Dart was built by the Aerial Experiment Association in Hammondsport, New York. After being relocated to Baddeck, Nova Scotia it made the first flight in the British … Read more
NRC Tailless Glider (NRC Photo) The NRC tailless glider, also called the NRL tailless glider, was a two-seat tailless research glider designed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and built by the National Research Laboratories, at the instigation of G.T.R. Hill who had previously designed the British Westland-Hill Pterodactyl series of tailless aircraft. … Read more
Schweizer SGS 2-33 (J.S. )Steve) Bond Photo) Royal Canadian Air Cadet (RCAC) Schweizer 2-33 based at Winglham, 9 August 2017. The Schweizer SGS 2-33 is an American two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider that was built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York. The 2-33 was designed to replace the Schweizer 2-22, from which it was … Read more
Schweizer SGU 2-22 (USAF Photo) Schweizer SGU 2-22, Reg. No. N5824V, flown by the cadets of the USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for glider training, c1973. The Schweizer SGU 2-22 is an American two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York. The 2-22 was designed to replace the two-place training gliders surplussed … Read more
Elbit CU-168 Skylark (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein, IDF Photo) Canadian Forces acquired up to 10 Skylark II hand-held micro-UAVs (MUAV) in support of operations in Afghanistan in 2016. The Israeli-made MUAV is capable of autonomous operations but is normally flown by an operator. Electrically powered, this MUAV is extremely quiet. The airframe design is minimalist in concept … Read more
