Aviation and Heritage Roundup May 2025
Provided by Paul Squires, CAPA-ACCA Contact, Wetaskiwin, Alberta
May 28 – New exhibits at Sullenberger Museum
Discover ‘Aviation City’ at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum | wcnc.com
May 28 – Drone Racing at World Games for second time
Drone Racing’s Place in The World Games | World Air Sports Federation
May 28 – recalling the flight of Mathias Rust in 1987
Today in Aviation History: The Anniversary of Mathias Rust’s Flight to Red Square – Vintage Aviation News
May 27 – No Passenger Pigeons!
Watch: Loose pigeons cause havoc on plane before take-off
May 27 – Building fighter jets in Canada. Again.
What Would It Take for Canada to Build Its Own Fighter Jets Again? | The Walrus
May 27 – Disembarking passengers may face fines in Turkey of they stand up too early
https://www.periskopi.com/en/Be-careful–Turkey-imposes-fines-for-impatient-passengers/
Stand up too early when your plane lands? That’ll be £50, please | Flights | The Guardian
May 27 – Remembering the life of Ed Maloney
The Man Who Refused to Let Warbirds Die: Planes of Fame Air Museum’s Ed Maloney – Vintage Aviation News
May 25 – Cuts affecting small museums in the USA.
Casualties in Trump’s war on the arts: the small museums keeping local history alive | Los Angeles | The Guardian
May 24 – Space Exploration exhibit lands in Vancouver Island
VIDEO: Island Museum launches exhibit on ‘most fascinating frontier’: space – Vancouver Island Free Daily
May 22 – Latest on ‘Just Jane’ restoration
Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 245 – Vintage Aviation News
May 21 – Norseman unveiled in Holland (contributed by Ken Swartz)
Restored WWII-Era Noorduyn C-64 Norseman Unveiled in Living History Event at Lelystad Airport – Vintage Aviation News
May 21 – New galleries to open at Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum Announces Opening for New Galleries – Vintage Aviation News
May 21 – Helicopter fire training drills photos from California
Aerial fire drills in California – photos – Fire Aviation
May 19 – Harvard training for BBMF (article ‘forgets’ to mention that the Harvard KF183 is a Canadian built IIb, and at one time the was the longest serving military aircraft in service world-wide)
Harvard Training Paves the Way for New Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Hurricane Pilot – Vintage Aviation News
May 18 – But this article at least notes this is a Canadian built Haarvard IV
Keeping the Past Aloft: T6 Harvard Ltd and the Spirit of the Wacky Wabbit – Vintage Aviation News
May 18 – Sometimes old things work, especially if no one develops new replacements
Old jets still soaring in Canada’s north by necessity, not nostalgia | National Post
Windows OS – Interesting related article
Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
May 16 – What really happened at Newark and Denver
What’s going on with air traffic control in the U.S.? Here are the facts | CBC News
May 16 – Archeology in Space.
The ‘space archaeologists’ hoping to save our cosmic history
May 16 – I cannot imagine the hoops Air Canada would have made this passenger go through if it had occurred here.
I was on a flight – but British Airways told me I wasn’t
May 15 – Air Taxis at the Olympics (again)
LA 2028 Olympics plans air taxi service for spectators
May 15 – the Next Generation?
The Beautiful New Planes! – Lawyers, Guns & Money
May 15 – DC-2 for sale in the Netherlands
Historic Douglas DC-2 for Sale as Nederland’s Transport Museum Faces Closure – Vintage Aviation News
May 14 – A video tour of the Montreal Aviation Museum and it’s new Findlayson wing
Montreal Aviation Museum opens a new wing | On The Scene | thesuburban.com
May 14 – China’s new Amphibious water bomber, with details from Wikipedia
China’s huge AG600 ready for market – Fire Aviation
May 14 – World Airways
AVIC AG600 – Wikipedia
May 13 – A short history of World airways, filling the gaps
The Multiple Roles of World Airways – New York Aviation History
May 13 – Moving the Martin MARS to Pima
Moving Martin: Longtime Vancouver Island-based Philippine Mars hauled to ‘forever home’ in Arizona
World War II flying boat arrives at Pima Air & Space Museum
May 12 – Moving the Philippine Mars
SWIR MARS FUSELAGE TRANSPORT
May 12 – ICAO rules Russia responsible for 2014 shoot down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
UN aviation agency finds Russia responsible for downing of MH17
May 12 – 2019 loss of Su-100 in detail
Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492 | by Admiral Cloudberg | May, 2025 | Medium
May 12 – Growing fire seasons stressing USA-Australia fire fighting agreements
Firefighting partnership between North America and Australia tested by fire season overlap: report – Fire Aviation
May 10 – Open Day at North Bay
Behind-the-scenes tours and flight demos set for North Bay Aviation Expo – North Bay News
North Bay Aviation Expo touches ground in June | North Bay Nugget
May 10 – You can’t start too young!
‘I did not expect to find a shipwreck!’ says boy whose treasure is being excavated | CBC News
May 10 – Three Minutes Warning. Ditching a Cessna 182
‘The engine just went silent’: Then, this B.C. pilot had 3 minutes to react | CBC News
May 9 – How can Newark lose all radar again?
Newark air traffic controllers briefly lose radar for 2nd time in 2 weeks | CBC News
May 9 – Simple confusion of left and right aborts take-off
British Airways plane caught fire at Gatwick after pilot confusion
May 8 – Hovercraft service from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Sounds like something from the 1970s!
Hovercraft service between Toronto and Niagara closer to reality
May 6 – Progress on Lancaster at BC Aviation Museum (and yes, that image is AI generated)
North Saanich aviation museum highlights bomber restoration at VE Day event – Goldstream News Gazette
May 6 – FAI Young Artists Contest winners on ‘Women with Wings’ theme.
Celebrating ‘Women with Wings’: FAI Young Artists Contest winners announced | World Air Sports Federation
May 4 – Martin Mars making impact at BC Aviation Museum
B.C. Aviation Museum is booming since arrival of Martin Mars – Victoria Times Colonist
May 4 – Celebrating VE-Day in UK Museums
Yorkshire Air Museum to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of VE Day with Special Events – Vintage Aviation News
May 4 – Former RCAF Spitfire makes forced landing after engine failure in UK
WW2 Spitfire makes emergency landing in Kent field
May 4 – Buried military Ordance in Vancouver
WW I machine-guns, 1870s cannons unearthed at PNE grounds in Vancouver | CBC News
May 4 – Effects of Climate stressing US Aerial Fire Fighting resources
US aerial firefighting force is aging and placing more demands on airport services – Fire Aviation
May 3 – Ukrainian sea drone shots down 2 Su-30 jets
Ukraine’s drone boat shot down Russia’s two Su-30SM fighter jet over Black sea using AIM-9 missile – Global Defense Corp
May 3 – Restored airplane to go on display in Cathedral
Restored Short Brothers plane to be displayed in Rochester Cathedral
May 3 – Airman’s bible returned to family. There is a Canadian connection.
Dover charity shop staff reunite WW2 bible with airman’s family
19 190 Sqn. Stirling IV LJ939 G5-A shot down by flak. Driver N.D. Breading RASC, S/L J.P. Gillard RAF, F/O N.S. McEwen RAF, and Driver F. Taylor RASC killed, F/O C.H. Lane RCAF and F/S C.T. Byrne RAF PoW, F/O R.G. Cullen RAF, F/O R. Lawton RAF and S/L R. Royle-Bantoft RAF evaded (www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl R. Tebbutt).
May 2 – Kosmos 482 coming down after 53 years in orbit
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week | Space | The Guardian
May 2 – How dangerous is space debris?
Just how dangerous is space debris?
May 2 – RCAF Kingfishers
RCAF Kingfishers Finally in Service – Canadian Aviator Magazine
May 1 – The gender gap in pilots explored
‘Oh, you’re a woman!’ Why are more than 90% of pilots still men – and can anything narrow the gender gap? | Women | The Guardian
April 27 – First part of Renald Fortier’s article on Solomite, building material made from straw. It has an interesting reference to a little know Arctic expedition that made the first airplane flights in the Far North.
(The rest of the articles can be found at the Ingenium site)
The Channel | The Channel