Wings Across Canada: An Illustrated History of Canadian Aviation

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Dundurn, 2002 - Transportation - 188 pages

From the eccentric Fairey Battle to the lethal-looking CF-18, from modern airliners that have no defects (and no character) to the classic North Star (which had both), here is the ultimate line-up of the aircraft that have served Canadians in the last century. With over one hundred photographs of fifty historic planes, Wings Across Canada is a retrospective of Canada's aeronautical technology. This book does not compare the planes, nor claim that all are "classics" in the traditional sense of the word. Instead, it is a celebration of a love affair with aircraft that all served a purpose in their own time.

 

Contents

Avro 504 K
13
ArmstrongWhitworth Siskin
15
Westland Wapiti
17
The Tiger Moth
21
Fokker Universal
23
Fairchild FC2 and W2
29
Fokker Super Universal
33
Junkers W3334
37
Grumman Avenger
109
Lockheed Constellation
111
Canadair North Star
115
Bristol Freighter
119
Grumman Albatross
121
Canadair Sabre
123
Canadair CT133 Silver Star
127
Sikorsky S55
131

Fairchild 71
41
Junkers 521m
45
Westland Lysander
49
Grumman Goblin
51
Fairey Battle
55
Beechcraft Expeditor
59
Fairey Albacore
61
The Boeing 247
65
Avro Anson
69
Lockheed Electra
71
Douglas Dakota
75
Hawker Hurricane
79
North American Harvard
83
Lockheed Hudson
87
The Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk
91
Supermarine Spitfire
93
Avro Lancaster
97
Bristol Beaufighter
103
Douglas BostonHavoc
105
Grumman Tracker
133
Avro Arrow
137
Canadair CL41 Tutor
141
CC130 Hercules
143
De Havilland Buffalo
147
Lockheed CF104 Starfighter
149
Boeing 737
153
CF5 Freedom Fighter
155
The First Jumbo Jet
159
CP140 Aurora
161
De Havilland Dash 7
165
CT155 Hawk
167
CC150 Polaris
171
CF18 Hornet
173
CF100 Canuck
179
CL600 Challenger
183
Index
187
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Peter Pigott is Canada's leading aviation author. He has an M.A. in North American History from the University of Vermont. He is the author of nine books on aviation which include National Treasure: The History of Trans Canada Airlines,Wingwalkers: The History of Canadian Airlines, Flying Colours: The History of Commercial Aviation in Canada, and three of the Flying Canucks: Famous Canadian Aviators books. He lives in Ottawa.

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