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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Designed as an army co-operation aircraft, the Lysander equipped six RAF squadrons in France for artillery spotting, reconnaissance and other communications tasks during the first year of the war.

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 de Havilland Fox Moth is arguably the finest example still flying and has without question the richest history of all Fox Moths ever built. Originally built for the Prince ...

The Vintage Wings of Canada “Hawk One” Sabre is was dedicated to Squadron leader Fern Villeneuve who was the first team lead of the famous Golden Hawks air demonstration team created in 1959 to ...