Tag: Vintage Wings of Canada

Jun 20 2017

Video: first flight of the Roseland Spitfire

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  • June 20, 2017

Vintage Wings of Canada published this video of the first flight of the Roseland Spitfire on June 9, 2017 with John Aitken at the controls. Source

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Jun 09 2017

First flight for Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire Mk IXe

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  • June 9, 2017

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire HF Mk.IXe TE294 made its first post-restoration flight on June 7. The aircraft carries the colours and markings of a Spitfire Mk IX from No 442 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the summer of 1944. Source: Vintage Wings of Canada’s Facebook page

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Dec 29 2011

Skip Hit – Low level flying in West Germany

Another interesting read from Vintage Wings of Canada: how a Canadian F-104 pilot in Europe found himself flying at 900 ft per seconds less than 100 ft above a German transport base. Read it on the VWC website.

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