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The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft designed and built in Canada to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. It was a single-engine biplane flying boat purchased to meet a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) demand for a smaller aircraft than the Vickers Viking with a much greater rate of climb, to be suitable for forestry survey and fire protection work.
Vickers machine gun (various marks and models) 475: 2000.303 British (7.7×56mmR) 1912? 23 kg: Vickers Gas Operated was standard flexible MG on aircraft early in World War II. M2HB Browning machine gun: 550: 1800.50 BMG (12.7×99mm) 1921: 3000000: 23 kg: used until present (2014) M1919A4: 500: 1400.30/06: 1919: 5000000: 14 kg: In 1970s ...
A version of the PBY-5A Catalina, this aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force A Vickers Vedette replica at the Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Canadian Vickers MR-63 car on its last day in service on the Montreal Metro.
Canadian Vickers Vedette (May 36–Aug 39) Northrop Delta (Feb 37– Nov 41) Bristol Bolingbroke I and IV (Dec 40–Aug 43) Lockheed Ventura GR.V (May 43–May 45) Two letter Squadron code was YO from Aug 39 - May 42, GA from May until the use of Squadron codes was discontinued in the RCAF HWE on the 16 Oct 1942, "for security reasons". [6]
In the mid-1980s, the museum moved to a former Trans Canada Air Lines and Transair hangar, T-2, at Winnipeg International Airport. [4] [6] The museum developed a master plan for a new facility in 2013 with the design firm Reich&Petch. [7] The museum received the Royal designation on December 19, 2014, to become the Royal Aviation Museum of ...
It began service training with Canadian Vickers Vedette flying boats before receiving Blackburn Shark torpedo bombers from England in January 1937. Flight Lieutenant C.L. Trecarten became commander on 23 November 1936; subsequent prewar commanders were RAF Flight Lieutenant E.A. Springall from 18 February 1938, and Wing Commander A.H. Hull from ...
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Canada: Branch: Royal Canadian Air Force: Role: Flying Boat (FB)unit General Reconnaissance (GR) Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) [1] Part of: RCAF Western Air Command: Battle honours: Pacific Coast 1941-1945 [2] Aircraft flown; Bomber: Blackburn Shark Mk.III [1] Patrol: Canadian Vickers Vancouver Mk.II Canadian Vickers Vedette Supermarine Stranraer ...