RapidFireWeb Golden Centenaires (CF Photo) Canadair CT-114 Tutors, Golden Centennaire formation flight. “The Golden Centennaires were formed in 1966 as Canada neared it’s 100th birthday in 1967, with W/C O.B. Philps (later “father” of the Snowbirds air demonstration team) as commanding officer. The team criss-crossed Canada in 1967 in their gold and blue Tutors, captivating air … Read more
Canadian Vickers (Bellanca CH-300) Pacemaker 30 and 31 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3204717) Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, RCAF, Reg. No. G-CYWT. The Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker was a six-seat utility aircraft, built primarily in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a development of the Bellanca CH-200, fitted with a more … Read more
Canadian Vickers Vancouver Canadian Vickers Limited was an aircraft and shipbuilding company that operated in Canada during the early part of the 20th century until 1944. A subsidiary of Vickers Limited, it built its own aircraft designs as well as others under licence. Canadair absorbed the Canadian Vickers aircraft operations in November 1944. (Library and … Read more
Canadian Vickers Vanessa floatplane RCAF Photo) Canadian Vickers Vanessa. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3552856) Canadian Vickers Vanessa, RCAF Reg. No. G-CYZJ, 2 Sep 1927. The Canadian Vickers Vanessa was a Canadian biplane transport seaplane of the 1920s. It was a single-engine, twin-float biplane of mixed construction, evaluated by the Royal Canadian Air … Read more
Canadian Vickers Varuna (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3388224) Canadian Vickers Varuna I flying boat, RCAF (Reg. No. G-CYGV), Shirley’s Bay, Ontario, 18 November 1925. The Canadian Vickers Varuna was a Canadian flying boat of the 1920s built by Canadian Vickers as a twin-engined, unequal-span biplane, with a wooden hull and steel tube structure. The … Read more
Canadian Vickers Vedette (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3388238) Canadian Vickers Vedette Mk. I flying boat, RCAF Reg. No. G-CYFS, Shirley’s Bay, Ontario, 30 September, 1925. The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased … Read more
Canadian Vickers Velos floatplane (RCAF Photo) Canadian Vickers Velos, RCAF Reg. No. G-CYZX. The Canadian Vickers Velos was a Canadian twin-engined float-equipped sesquiplane designed and built by Canadian Vickers Limited in 1928. Designed for survey work, it proved difficult to fly and only one was built. (Wikipedia) Canadian Vickers Velos (1), RCAF Reg. No. G-CYZX. … Read more
Canadian Vickers Vigil (RCAF Photo) The Canadian Vickers Vigil was a single-seat patrol aircraft designed to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force requirement for a forest fire patrol aircraft. In 1926, the RCAF issued specifications for an aircraft to replace the Airco DH.4 aircraft used at the time. Canadian Vickers designed the Vigil which had … Read more
Canadian Vickers Viking (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643581) Canadian Vickers Viking Mk. IV, RCAF Reg. No. G-CYEV, Victoria Beach, 1923. The Viking was a single-engine amphibious pusher biplane. Viking amphibians were built by Canadian Vickers Limited, a subsidiary company in Montreal, Quebec, with no previous aircraft manufacturing experience. Their involvement with the … Read more
Canadian Vickers Vista (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3552927) Canadian Vickers Vista, RCAF Reg. No. G-CYZZ, ca 1928. The Vista was the first Canadian-designed monoplane. It had a duralumin sheet hull and the tail was made of framed metal tubing. The wings were made of wood and the wing and tail surfaces were … Read more
