Wings Across Canada: An Illustrated History of Canadian AviationFrom 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. |
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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 |
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