Download or read book Canada s Naval Aviators written by John M. MacFarlane and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada s Naval Aviators written by John M. (John Malcolm) MacFarlane and published by Shearwater, N.S. : Shearwter Aviation Museum Foundation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Never a Dull Moment written by George E. Plawski and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Plawski was born in Gdynia, Poland, in 1934. His father, Eugene, was a senior naval officer who fought in both World Wars in the capacities of pilot, and as the commander of surface ships as well as submarines. Before the war, he lived with his wife Maria in Warsaw. Never a Dull Moment lives up to its title as George takes us back to his youth under the Nazis in WW2, describes his and his mother’s separate escapes from Communist occupied Poland to join his father who spent the war years in the Polish Navy in England, and their subsequent immigration to Canada in 1948. This colorful memoir traces the family’s unusual history, and recalls the severe hardships which faced his parents in starting their lives anew in this beautiful and free, yet in the in the immediate post-war years, a thoroughly challenging land. In a series of humorously recalled anecdotes, the author portrays the process leading to his commission in the Royal Canadian Navy, to obtaining his wings, and to becoming a pilot flying off the aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure. After leaving the service in 1964, Plawski returned to UBC to finish his BA, then completed three years of post-graduate studies in theatre, specialising in directing, which was funded by his summer job flying air tankers on forest fires. The book continues with suspenseful accounts of Plawski’s founding of Vancouver’s City Stage, the thrilling saga of the often hair-raising pioneering days of firebombing in California and in Canada, and of the hilarious aerial circus of budworm spraying in New Brunswick. This story is embellished with a telling of his meeting with a beautiful and cultured girl from Paris whose name is Rita; of their unconventional romance, their travels around the world, of her loving and essential collaboration in the author’s idiosyncratic lifestyle, and of their eventual marriage which is happily doomed to continue to the end of this grand adventure.
Download or read book A History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1918 1962 written by J. D. F. Kealy and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sea is at Our Gates written by Tony German and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sea is At our Gates draws the solid historical perspective on which such vision can be based and makes an exciting contribution to Canada's understanding of her navy and herself.
Download or read book Vignettes of a Canadian Naval Aviator 1955 1983 written by Donald Glenn Cook and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to identify the military aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army during the Second World War. The handbooks in this series include a general description and a photograph from the Canadian Forces Archives of at least one of the key variants or marks of each aircraft that has been in Canadian service or used by Canadian servicemen overseas. Each aircraft is listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. General details describing the aircraft’s engines, service ceiling, speed, armament or weapons load are included, along with a brief description of the Canadian or allied squadron in which Canadian aircrews used the aircraft operationally. This is the third volume in the series. It describes fighters, bombers and patrol aircraft flown by Canadians during the war. A list of museums, private aircraft collections and other locations where survivors preserved and displayed is also included. The handbook is not a definitive list of all Canadian-manufactured or operated aircraft, but it should serve as a quick reminder of the major examples flown on duty for anyone with an interest in Canadian military aviation.
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Download or read book Canadian Warplanes written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.
Download or read book Canadian Warbirds of the Post War Piston Era written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to the propeller-driven aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Canadian Forces in the post-WWII piston-era. The handbooks in this series include a general description and a photograph from the Canadian Forces Archives of at least one of the key variants or marks of each aircraft that has been in Canadian military service. Each aircraft is listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. General details describing the aircraft’s engines, service ceiling, speed, armament or weapons load are also included, along with a brief description of the Canadian Squadrons which flew the aircraft on operations. This is the fifth volume in the series. It describes the piston-powered fighters, bombers, patrol aircraft, trainers, transports and utility aircraft flown by Canadian aircrews after WWII. A list of museums, private aircraft collections and other locations where a number of the survivors might be found is also included. The handbook is not a definitive list of all Canadian-manufactured or operated aircraft, but it should serve as a quick reminder of the major examples for anyone with an interest in Canadian military aviation.
Download or read book Canada s Navy written by Marc Milner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade, to its astonishing expansion during the Second World War, through to its current roles in operations with United Nations and NATO forces.
Download or read book Aces Warriors and Wingmen written by Wayne Ralph and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish devotion. Hear their words. Join these young Canadians in combat. AN EXCERPT FROM THE ACCOUNT OF GROUP CAPTAIN RAYNE SCHULTZ, 410 SQUADRON. It was heading home very fast, a Junkers 188, in thin cloud, well out over the North Sea. We hit it badly, and it was flaming, two-three hundred yards [of] flames streaming behind... my navigator, being a serious-minded individual said, "Let's get in closer and take a good look at it, as it is a different type of aircraft and I can report on it when we get down." So I closed in, which was the stupidest thing I ever did.... The mid-upper gunner was not dead; he was sitting inside of the flames. The next thing I saw the gun traversing down toward us. I broke as fast as I could, but he put forty to forty-four 13mm cannon shells into us. I had pistons blown out of one engine and the constant speed unit blown out in the other. We were going to bail out! We jettisoned the door and the navigator was halfway out when the chap came back from the Ground Control Intercept (GCI) and said, "There is a Force 9 to 10 sea and we will never be able [to rescue] you." So we brought that aircraft back to Bradwell Bay and I can tell you it near flew again. My navigator was wounded, bleeding from the face. I could see the engines running red hot, one was actually running on molten metal... the whole thing glowing inside. The air bottles were shot away and I had no brakes for landing. The Mosquito was in ribbons.
Download or read book A History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1918 1962 written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By mid-July the first two pilots had completed the course and successfully passed the examination of the Aero Club of Canada, whose rules were the same as the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, and at month's end ten pupils proceeded overseas to become members of either the RNAS or the Royal Flying Corps. [...] Commodore Hose, Chief of the Naval Staff, managed to Contacts with the Royal Navy during the lean years convince the Board of the importance of the navy to after the demise of the RCNAS were to have a strong Canada and the alarming proposal was dropped, but it influence on future Canadian planning for a second na- illustrates the precariousness of the times. [...] It was the victim of economy, international disarmament found that the air flow became broken up by the funnel agreements, conflicting theories and controversy as to and superstructure with the added hazard of smoke the respective responsibilities of the air force and the fumes to trouble the pilot; the carrier had to retire to navy. [...] Pioneers in the adaptation of the early tions set by the naval disarmament treaties of Washing- sea-plane carriers, the British had led the world in the ton and London, 1922 and 1930 respectively, only one development of a deck landing ship, an RNAS officer being the first to touch down on a moving vessel. [...] In the immediate post-war for the naval service, which instilled in its men the idea years the Air Ministry was too engrossed in general mat- that aviation held the key to the extension of maritime ters of policy in connection with the country's air com- power.
Download or read book The Far Distant Ships written by Joseph Schull and published by Ottawa, Duhamel. This book was released on 1961 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to identify military support aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army during the Second World War. The handbooks in this series include a general description and a photograph from the Canadian Forces Archives of at least one of the key variants or marks of each aircraft that has been in Canadian military service or used by Canadian servicemen overseas. Each aircraft is listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. General details describing the aircraft’s engines, service ceiling, speed, armament or weapons load are included, along with a brief description of the Canadian or allied squadron in which Canadian aircrews used the aircraft operationally. This is the fourth volume in the series. It describes the trainers, transports and utility aircraft flown by Canadians during the war. A list of museums, private aircraft collections and other locations where a number of the survivors might be found is also included. The handbook is not a definitive list of all Canadian-manufactured or operated support aircraft, but it should serve as a quick reminder for anyone with an interest in Canadian military aviation.
Download or read book Canadian Combat and Support Aircraft written by T. F. J. Leversedge and published by Vanwell Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's military aviation history reflects a proud tradition of excellence and valour displayed by its personnel throughout years of adversity, challenge and conflict. Aircraft of the Canadian military include an exotic blend of types from many different manufacturers. Many of these aircraft types have been uniquely modified for Canadian service.This book is a brief summary of the majority of aircraft used by the various arms of the Canadian Forces in an easy reference format. It includes a comprehensive list of all the aircraft types on strength by the Canadian Air Corps, Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Canadian Forces since 1914. It lists the aircraft name, year taken on strength, year struck off strength and the quantity acquired, as well as providing a brief operational description and aircraft specifications. The book is divided into four broad categories: * Aircraft on strength with Canadian Forces* Canadian Forces aircraft announced or contracted for but not yet in use or delivered* Non-Canadian forces (i.e. civilian leased) aircraft flown by the CF personnel during training, test or other military missions* Non-Canadian aircraft flown by Canadians in operations or combat missions while on exchange to other air forces This is the only book available on this subject.
