Photo: Cpl. Jennifer Chiasson, AETE The moment has arrived. After much anticipation and meticulous attention to detail ensuring the Sabre was ready to fly the great distance from Gatineau Airport to 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, Paul Kissmann departed Friday, 21 November. The rest of us signed a huge breath of relief. Dave Scharf, lead …
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520 Knots, Baby!
PHOTOS: Peter Handley/Vintage Wings of Canada Paul Kissmann, test pilot for the Hawk One Sabre program took our baby into the skies this past weekend – one year after she landed back on Canadian soil. Read his own words as he reports back to the team with the details of this milestone event in our …
J.A.D. McCurdy
PHOTO: Peter Handley/Vintage Wings of Canada -  a speech by Gerald Haddon at the launch of Canadian Centennial of Flight and unveiling of Hawk One  Thank you Mr. Chairman and gooÂÂÂÂÂd afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen   I am deeply honoured and privileged to have been invited to represent my grandfather, The Honorable J.A.D. McCurdy, as today we …
Successful Ground Run!
PHOTO: Peter Handley/Vintage Wings of Canada by Tim Leslie There is a scene in the movie The Right Stuff where Sam Shepherd (playing Chuck Yeager) is out riding his horse and gallops up to the X-1 aircraft on the ramp. The machine is sits there growling away on ground power…seemingly a menacing presence. The audience feels …
Canadian Centennial of Flight Project Takes to the Skies
PHOTO: WO Serge Peters, A/F PA. OTTAWA – The Canadian Centennial of Flight Board of Directors and Hawk One team officially launched a commemorative project Saturday, September 20th to mark 100 years of powered flight that Canadians can celebrate throughout 2009. During a press conference held at the Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, P.Q., Colonel …
Launch of Canadian Centennial of Flight Project
OTTAWA – The Canadian Centennial of Flight Board of Directors and Hawk One Team will hold a press conference at Vintage Wings of Canada, September 20 to launch the celebrations of 100 years of powered flight in Canada for 2009.   The press conference will take place at the Vintage Wings of Canada hangar …
Hawk One is about to take flight!
By Tim Leslie. Hawk One is arguably the most tangible and exciting tribute to the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight in Canada. I am proud to be the person who originated this idea. Though I expected it to take off; I am surprised to the extent this initiative has snowballed and caught the imagination of many. …
The Hawk Gets Her Tail
How a dream was realized through perseverance, grit and people who dream big – really big. By Tim Leslie The restoration of an aircraft, like any exciting story, has a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning is characterized by much anticipation of what can be. This type of anticipation is what fuels our dreams …
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Planning for every eventuality is job one at Vintage Wings of Canada. By:Â Tim Leslie Last month, three of the five Hawk One pilots went through the motions of ensuring we would be able to get out of the Sabre should it stop functioning as advertised. Paul Kissmann, Steve Will, and I (all three of us …
