The Spitfire’s heritage springs from a long line of float-equipped racing aircraft designed by the legendary R. J. Mitchell and built by Supermarine Aviation Works, a division of Vickers. Widely ...

We have honoured Flying Officer William Lidstone “Willie” McKnight, DFC and Bar, a Canadian in the Royal Air Force and Canada's most outstanding fighter pilot of the first 18 months of the Second ...

Bat One’s callsign was chosen by the Wing Commander at 1 Wing, Kingston, the home of Canada’s tactical aviation capability. At the centre of the 1 Wing unit crest is the image of a Bat, symbolic of an ...

The Fleet Finch (Fleet Model 16) is a two-seat, tandem training biplane produced by Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario. There were a number of variants mainly based on engine variations. Over ...

As Vintage Wings of Canada grew and changed, so did the Michael U. Potter Collection of historic aircraft. Like all operators of historic aircraft, Potter recognizes that he is merely a temporary ...

The Vintage Wings Corsair is dedicated to Lt. Robert Hampton “Hammie” Gray, VC, DSC, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, a Corsair pilot with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Formidable, in ...

Most know the P-40 as the mount of American General Clair Chenault's Flyng Tigers operating in China against the Japanese at the outset of the war. But, one of the greatest P-40 pilots anywhere was ...

The sleek P-51 Mustang is perhaps the best all-around fighter of World War II. In 1939, British officials approached North American Aviation in desperate need of additional aircraft for the war in ...

The Vintage Wings of Canada Hawker Hurricane IV was painted in the Desert Air Force markings of the Royal Air Force’s 6 Squadron, flying ground support in the North African Campaign. It was dedicated ...

Canada is the birthplace of bush flying and no other airplane is more emblematic of northern wilderness aviation than the ubiquitous Beaver. Designed after the Second World War, the Beaver was an ...

The Vintage Wings of Canada Stearman (FJ875) was one of only a few remaining examples of the 300 original aircraft purchased and employed in Alberta in 1942. It was dedicated to 602 Squadron, RAF ...

Vintage Wings has operated two Tiger Moths over the years — RCAF serial numbers 8869 and 4947. The latter was dedicated to Vintage Wings’ own William Robertson (Bill) McRae, a Second World War ...