Vintage Wings of Canada – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:44:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Vintage Wings of Canada – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Pilot injured in Vintage Wings of Canada FG-1D Corsair landing accident https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2019/07/04/pilot-injured-in-vintage-wings-of-canada-fg-1d-corsair-landing-accident/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2019/07/04/pilot-injured-in-vintage-wings-of-canada-fg-1d-corsair-landing-accident/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2019 08:21:23 +0000 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3830

Continue reading]]> Vintage Wings of Canada's Goodyear FG-1D Corsair C-GVWC in 2009 (Photo Henry Lo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Goodyear FG-1D Corsair C-GVWC in 2009 (Photo Henry Lo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Goodyear FG-1D Corsair was damaged when it departed the runway during landing at Gatineau Executive Airport in Québec, Canada, on 3 July 2019. John Aitken, who was at the controls, suffered a broken rib and a broken nose but is expected to recover fully.

The extent of the damage suffered by the Corsair is unknown but Paul Tremblay, chief mechanic at VWoC, said that “we’ll definitely be able to get it going again”. The aircraft was expected to attend the Thunder over Michigan airshow in August, with up to 10 Corsairs attending.

We wish John Aitken a full and speedy recovery !

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Y2-K Spitfire Mk IX first flight - June 7, 2017
Y2-K Spitfire Mk IX first flight - June 7, 2017
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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.

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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

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/06/09/first-flight-for-vintage-wings-of-canadas-spitfire-mk-ixe/feed/ 1 Skip Hit – Low level flying in West Germany https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/12/29/skip-hit-low-level-flying-in-west-germany/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:50:04 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=1086 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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