On this beautiful Saturday  morning, Vintage Wings had the pleasure of taking up three generations of Symmonds in our Yellow Wings aircraft: Neville Symmonds, former RCAF fighter pilot, his son Steph, also a pilot, and grandson Keeghan, an Air Cadet, who has big dreams of flying himself one day.

The crew (from L to R) : John Aitken and Keeghan were …

Canada is a vast nation. There is no greater way to experience this, and fully stimulate all of your senses, than to travel across this great nation in an open cockpit biplane.

We have been very fortunate to be tasked with the mission of safely transiting a precious war-veteran, our Boeing Stearman PT-27 from Gatineau QC all the way west to Calgary AB.

The journey along the way is one that is beyond what words can aptly describe. The experience fills all of your senses, your emotions, and your heart. The dull roar of the 220-hp Continental R670 engine …

Dave Maric (Left) and Todd Lemieux hold up their “Calgary or Bust!” sign.

This past weekend was a busy one at the Vintage Wings hangar in Gatineau – Saturday was our Annual Volunteer Training Day, with over 200 volunteers who came out to start preparing for the Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa air show in the fall. On Friday through Sunday we held our second annual Canadian Air Demonstration Formation Camp, with over 22 aircraft from …

The Finch’s engine is back from overhaul. The 5-cylinder R-55 engine arrived at the hangar just the other day, nestled safely in a crate. With a shiny new paint job on the crankcase and cylinders, the Kinner practically lept out of the box, so eager was it for a reunion with the Hartland Finley Finch, which sits with arms outstretched. The Finch should be back in service in the next couple weeks. Watch out for the yellow bullet in the skies over the Ottawa valley!

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