Canada in Space
Alouette-I scientific satelliteImage Credit: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/alouette.asp In the late 1950s, Canada and the US agreed to collaborate on satellite technology, after …
Ontario Aerospace Innovator: Knox Hawkshaw
The original Canso #9754 in service with the RCAF.Image Credit: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Knox Hawkshaw was born in rural …
Ontario Aerospace Innovator: Paul Dilworth
Orenda engine on display at Carlton UniversityImage Credit: Orenda Engines Wikipedia As Manager and Chief Engineer of the Gas Turbine …
Avro Canada CF-100 and the Orenda jet engine
CF-100 #100785Image Credit: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum As the Second World war drew to a close, the Canadian government including …
Ontario Aerospace Innovator: Richard (Dick) Hiscocks
Mk V Anson RCAF Station Hamilton – Mount Hope, OntarioImage Credit: Ban Galbasi Richard (Dick) Hiscocks was born in Toronto …
DHC: The War Years
1940 Old De Havilland Canada hangar – Tiger Moth productionImage Credit: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada With the outbreak of …
Ontario Aerospace Innovator: Elsie MacGill
Elsie MacGill was the first Canadian woman to receive an electrical engineering degree, and was the first female aircraft designer.Image …
Wartime Aircraft Production – 1939-1945
Ground crew servicing a Fairchild Cornell I aircraft, No 19 Elementary Flying Training School, RCAF, Virden, Manitoba, 1944Image Credit: Library …
De Lesseps Field
Avro 621 TutorImage Credit: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives Flying continued at De Lesseps Field when DHC moved …
The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited – 1928
1929 De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Downsview Head QuartersImage Credit: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Major Geoffrey de Havilland was …