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Vol. 3, No.
6 JUNE 2010
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| GATINEAU
- CANADA'S FIRST EAA FLY-IN
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| Canada's
first National EAA Fly-in from September 17th through
the 19th is scheduled to have a wide range of events to
appeal to every aviation enthusiast. The three day event
will include a number of vintage warbirds and
reenactments along with other general aviation and
experimental aircraft. Read more
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| CALLING ALL OSHKOSH BOUND CANADIANS!
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 This will be the inaugural year for Canadians at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to assume their own identity as Oshkosh visitors. You’ll find a Canadian welcome kiosk in the EAA welcome tent. Please come and register your attendance. Plus there are
opportunities to volunteer, and activities involving ice cream and movies.
Read more
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BITS
AND PIECES POLL
| Q. This
month we have two poll questions about
an event that might bring Canadian
EAAers closer together. |
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Please
review
and rate this issue of Bits and Pieces.
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SAVE THE CANSO |
| It
turns out that saving a CANSO is not as easy as it
seems. These venerable WWII anti-submarine aircraft were
noted for their rugged construction, slow speed, and
long flight endurance qualities. Buffalo Airways used
CANSO's in their forest fire fighting service. When they
upgraded the fleet, one left over hull that had been
cannibalized for parts would soon be destined for a
museum thanks to a group of 60 year-old farmers from
Alberta. Read more |
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| LYSANDER
MAKES HISTORY
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| History
was made on the 18th of June when the Vintage Wings of
Canada Museum took their Lysander into the skies above
the Ottawa River. The Lysander had just undergone an 18
month restoration that was featured a diverse team of
people from the very highly-skilled to those who had
never before turned a wrench on an aircraft. Read
more
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| A
HISTORY OF A CANADIAN PIONEER AIRPORT |
By
Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe
Reprinted with
permission from the Recreational Aviation
Association-Canada and Recreational Flyer May-June 2010
As in almost
every grass roots airport, on a rainy Sunday afternoon,
old timers swap flying stories … from the shady to the
humourous. For the Springfield Flying Club at Lyncrest
Airport, Winnipeg, one of those Sunday afternoons formed
the beginning of "History of Lyncrest
Airport", a book filled with stories and photos
published by the Recreational Aviation Press. Several
times in the history of the Lyncrest Airport, pilots
struggled to find the funds needed to save the airport
from termination, never expecting to see their money
returned. Read
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| BUILDING
SIX CH 750S AT THE SAME TIME! |
| Greetings.
We're a group of six aviation enthusiasts (all members
of the Lethbridge Sport Flyers club) in Alberta, Canada,
who all have our own aircraft: Guy Bishoff - Team
Mini-Max; Joe Harrington - Beaver RX550; Dave VanDyke -
Hipps Reliant; Lawrence VanEgmond - Team Mini-Max; Glen
Brown - Challenger II; Travis Corbin - Van's RV-9.
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| FINDING
A REPLACEMENT FOR AVGAS |
 Aviation
gasoline, also known as 100LL, has been powering piston
aircraft engines since the 1940s. The formulation is so
entrenched that several generations of aircraft engines
have been designed specifically to perform using this
fuel. A combination of impending environmental
regulations, shrinking markets, and rising overhead is
driving the search for a replacement. EAA Radio's Fareed
Guyot talked with EAA Vice President of Government
Relations Doug Macnair about a coalition of AvGas
stakeholders, including EAA, are doing to find the
"new" AvGas. Listen
to the interview |
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| FG-1D
CORSAIR IS NEXT WARBIRD U GROUND SCHOOL IN CALGARY |
| Vintage
Wings of Canada's Warbird U will be offering another
technical ground school course on a revered aircraft of
World War II. The FG-1D Corsair will be the topic on the
weekend of July 10-11, 2010 at the Calgary campus of
Warbird U at Springbank Airport near Calgary City. Read
more
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| CANADIAN AIR FORCE RESCUES CANOEIST |
| A canoeist who was reported missing on the British Columbia coast was found by a CC-115 Buffalo aircraft from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 19 Wing Comox, British Columbia, June 16. The Buffalo crew was returning from a previous task in the Victoria area when they received the report of a missing canoeist by his companion. Read more |
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| BLÉRIOT
REPLICA ON DISPLAY AT MONTREAL CITY HALL |
| A
full scale replica of a Blériot XI 1910 will be at the
Hall of Honor in Montreal City Hall from now until July
31, 2010. Around Le Scarabée will be panels explaining
the first North American Aviation competition. American,
French, and Canadians competed. |
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| FROM THE ARCHIVES |
Sport
Aviation, May 1964
Saskatchewan's First Jodel D-9
The first Jodel D-9 to be built and flown in
Saskatchewan is CF-PFB. The official test flight took
place on August 22, 1963, following more than
three-and-a-half years of construction. Construction was
actually started on December 22, 1959, but didn't
progress at a steady pace until a garage had been
completed in which to build the aircraft. Click
here to read the story |
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