Canadian Mig Flights

Author : Harold Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595520718

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Canadian MiG Flights by Harold Skaarup Pdf

This book is a collection of "there I was" stories highlighting the experiences of Canadian Forces pilots who have had the opportunity of a lifetime to fly in the combat aircraft operated by former adversaries. Technical descriptions of key Soviet-built fighter jets such as the MiG-15, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29, Sukhoi Su-22 and Su-27 are included for general reference. The Canadian Fighter pilots mentioned in the story have generously provided their observations and comments on their specific experiences of flight in aircraft such as the MiG-29 (NATO codenamed Fulcrum), Sukhoi Su-22 (codenamed Fitter) and Su-27 (codenamed Flanker), both in Canada and overseas. The stories as told first hand by the pilots who contributed them should provide interesting reading for aviation enthusiasts of all ages. An Annex listing aircraft known to have been brought to the West by defecting pilots since 1949 is also included. The Annex briefly describes pilots and aircraft and the circumstances that brought the various defectors to the west, including the MiG-15 flown to South Korea by Lieutenant No Kum-Sok and the MiG-25 flown to Japan by Lieutenant Viktor Belenko. Brief details of Soviet-built aircraft later flown in NATO opposition force flight test programs are also included.

Author : Frank H. Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038414467

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Canada's Flying Heritage by Frank H. Ellis Pdf

Author : Wartime Aircrew Club of Kelowna
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781552129890

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Flight Into Yesterday by Wartime Aircrew Club of Kelowna Pdf

Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War Two were issued log books in which to record their experiences, during training, combat, and sometimes their experiences, during training, combat, and sometimes their personal thoughts. In the words of Right Reverend REF Berry, a World War Two mid-upper gunner with the RCAF flying Lancaster bombers out of Lincolnshire, England: "These are men whose wartime contributions are of heroic proportions. Their log entries tell of real life experience of young Canadian men and their allies." (Flight Into Yesterday, 1999, ii) Many of these diaries survived the ensuing decades and it is through the gracious input of their owners that FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY was created. I've collected, re-written, printed and bound these experiences into book form for the members and friends of the Kelowna Wartime Aircrew Club. The 500 pages of this book provide a unique insight into the hearts of men and women in war. FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY is a legacy.

Author : Donald C. Masters,National Aviation Museum (Canada),Rénald Fortier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021982207

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Flight Into History by Donald C. Masters,National Aviation Museum (Canada),Rénald Fortier Pdf

Author : Daniel Wyatt
Publisher : Mushroom Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781843197348

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The Last Flight of the Arrow by Daniel Wyatt Pdf

February 20, 1959, the Canadian prime minister stood before the House of Commons to announce that his government had decided to cancel the CF-105 Avro Arrow supersonic fighter-interceptor program. What were the reasons... the REAL reasons? Were the Americans involved? In this tale of intrigue, the Russians plan an air strike on North America. Canadian and American Intelligence get wind of it through secret channels. The Canadians pretend to terminate the Arrow and then - with the help of the Americans - deploy the machine for what it was designed for. It's mission: catch the Russians with evidence of its strike force. While the public mourns the death of the supersonic fighter, the Arrow blasts its way across the Pacific on a vital, long-range, photo-recon mission to save the Free World and avert World War III. Behind the controls is a hand-picked Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. Target - Siberia.

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023212264

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Flying Colours by Peter Pigott Pdf

Author : T. W. Melnyk
Publisher : Department of National Defence
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081348109

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Canadian Flying Operations in South East Asia, 1941-1945 by T. W. Melnyk Pdf

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440167591

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Canadian Warplanes by Harold A. Skaarup Pdf

This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museums current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canadas heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canadas Warplane survivors.

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781459717756

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Flying Canucks II by Peter Pigott Pdf

Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and understanding of the individuals themselves to the reader. Flying Canucks II takes us into Air Canada’s boardroom with Claude I. Taylor, to the Avro Arrow design office with Jim Floyd, inside the incredible career of Aviation Hall of Fame pilot Herb Seagram, on C.D. Howe’s historic dawn-to-dusk flight, and with Len Birchall in a Stranraer seaplane before he became, in Churchill’s phrase, “The Saviour of Ceylon.” It includes the story of how Scottish immigrant J.A. Wilson engineered a chain of airports across the country, how bush pilot Bob Randall explored the polar regions, and the ordeal of Erroll Boyd, the first Canadian to fly the Atlantic. The lives of “Buck” McNair and “Bus” Davey, half a century after the Second World War, are placed in the perspective of the entire national experience in those years. Whenever possible, Mr. Pigott has interviewed the players themselves, and drawing on his experience and contacts within the aviation community, has created a multi-faceted study of the business, politics, and technology that influenced the ten lives explored in depth in this book. C.D. Howe, wartime Canada’s absolute government czar used to say that running the country’s airline was all he really wanted to do. With a rich aviation heritage such as this, Flying Canucks II depicts the elements and the enemy at their worst and the pioneers of Canadian aviation at their best.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rous & Mann Limited
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015065257266

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Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher : Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781896941578

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For the Love of Flying by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail Pdf

This is the first book to tell the story of one of Canada's most innovative aviation companies, Laurentian Air Services, and thus fills an important gap in Canadian aviation history. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with Laurentian's presidents, pilots and ground crew, author Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail explores the company's 60-year history from its founding in 1936 in Ottawa with small biplanes through to the 1990s when it was operating scheduled flights with twin-engine Beech 99s and Beech King Air 200s. During those 60 years, Laurentian was at the forefront of air tourism in the Ottawa region and the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec as well as fly-in hunting and fishing in Canada's north. It also pioneered the use of the Grumman G-21 Goose and de Havilland Beaver commercially and provided vital air support to survey and development work for such massive undertakings as the Churchill Falls and James Bay hydroelectric projects. This book brings Laurentian's history to life through first-hand stories and an exciting collection of colour and black and white photographs, the majority of which have not previously been published. This is a long-overdue book that appeals to armchair bush flyers and aviation historians alike.

Author : William J. Wheeler
Publisher : Willowdale, Ont. : Hounslow Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 0888821441

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Images of Flight by William J. Wheeler Pdf

Author : R. H. B. Boulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0968461123

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Night Flight to Norway by R. H. B. Boulton Pdf

Author : Dan McCaffery
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459504929

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Billy Bishop by Dan McCaffery Pdf

Billy Bishop was the top Canadian flying ace in the First World War, credited officially with a record-breaking 75 victories. He was a highly skilled pilot and an accurate shot. Bishop went from being the most decorated war hero in Canadian history to a crusader for peace, writing the book Winged Peace, which supported international control of global air power. Author Dan McCaffery presents the life and accomplishments of Bishop through information he gathered from interviews and archival sources. This new illustrated edition of Dan McCaffery's book contains more than 50 photos of Bishop and other First World War fliers including German and British air aces, plus artefacts from the collection now on display at Billy Bishop airport, Toronto.

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440167584

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Canadian Warplanes by Harold A. Skaarup Pdf

This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.