Aviation and Heritage Roundup September 2026
Provided by Paul Squires, CAPA-ACCA Contact, Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Allison-Powered P-51 Mustang Development, Design, Service and Tech Details Detailed in New Book – Aerodynamic Media, LLC I wonder if they will credit the first Mustang aerial victory, 414 Sqn., over Dieppe.
Study of Mustang Dive Bomber Variant Gets Updated Second Edition – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Spitfire V vs Fw 190: An Illustrated Account – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Spitfire, Mustang and the ‘Meredith Effect’ | Hush-Kit Aviation World
This looks very interesting. I wonder if Canadian built Hurricane and Hampdens will be covered?
Coming Soon: Four-Volume History of Lend-Lease and Soviet Aviation in WW2 – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
New Models
MiniArt Releases Fw 190D-9 Basic Model Kit With Famed JV 44 Markings – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Arma Hobby Releases PZL P.11c Kit With 3D Printed Details, Four Liveries – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Sword Models to Release New Tool Fairey Firefly Mk.5 / FR.Mk.5 Kits – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
LukGraph Shares First Test Prints For Ambitious, Entirely New DH.89 Dragon Rapide Kit – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
1/72. 1/48. 1/32! and 1/24!!!!!!
First Look: LukGraph’s Upcoming 1/32 Hansa-Brandenburg CC Test Build – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
That funny flying boat fighter with the star struts.
Surface Details Progressing on Airscale’s 1/32 Bristol Blenheim Mk IV – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Big Blenheim? Or Big Bolie?
Airfix Releases New Tool Phantom FG.1 With Comprehensive Weapons Fit – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Oct. 30 – Second assembly line announced for CL-515
De Havilland Canada Announces Agreement and De Havilland Canadair 515 Production Increase – De Havilland Canada
How a Canadian-made, ugly-duckling water bomber cornered the world market
Oct. 30 – Canadian built Sea Hurricane revealed
Sea Hurricane breaks cover at WHW Fest
Oct. 30 – Very High Altitude Helicopter Rescue
Papillon pilot performs high altitude rescue from Mount Russell summit – Vertical Mag
Oct. 30 – Hybrid amphibious heavy lifter
Maxwell Aircraft Unveils the M1 Hybrid, a Breakthrough Amphibious Cargo and Passenger Aircraft – Aviation News
Oct. 30 – Flight inspires children’s book
The Little Aviatrix: A Young Girl’s Dream Takes Flight at the National Warplane Museum – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 30 – ALSIB, or the North West Staging Route (nice to get a mention)
ALSIB: the 8,000 American Lend-Lease aircraft delivered to Soviet Union via Alaska-Siberia Air Route
Oct. 30 – Remembering the lawn-chair flight
Lawnchair Larry: 16,000 Feet in a Lawn Chair, 1982 | MiGFlug
Oct. 29 – Chinese space-plane
Chinese Spaceplane: DIA Releases Clearest Image | MiGFlug
Oct. 29 – Hercules retirement fly-past
One last flyover for aviation workhorse – Brandon Sun
Oct. 28 – Dieppe and air supporting
Dieppe Air Battle 1942: The RAF’s Costliest Single Day
Oct. 28 – Need to sign-in to read, but nice to see recognition of the Hurricane Queen in other countries
Elsie MacGill overcame polio to lead Hurricane…
Oct. 28 – The Mercury 13
Mercury 13 Women: The Astronauts NASA Never Flew
Oct. 27 – Strange Behaviour
Man and woman who yelled, stripped on Newfoundland flight fined $4,000 each | CBC News
Oct. 26 – Air Canada caught denying compensation to passengers for made-up reasons
Air Canada blamed maintenance issues to deny compensation. Records show it wanted planes for other routes | CBC News
Oct. 26 – Pilots in Europe flying when tired. This is not good.
Almost a quarter of European airline pilots fly when too fatigued to work | Airline industry | The Guardian
And in Canada the companies in the North want to increase flight crew hours
Smaller airlines ask Transport Canada for pilots’ shifts to last up to 14 hours | CBC News
And it’s not just a problem for pilots
Too tired to turn a wrench: A lesson in aviation maintenance safety – Vertical Mag
Oct. 26 – Yorkshire Air Museum supporting ex-bomber Squadrons. In this case 77 Sqn. (which had over 100 Canadian fatalities on operations, plus PoWs and evaders)
Yorkshire Air Museum Welcomes Descendants of WWII RAF 77 Squadron Veterans – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 26 – aircrew re-located due to demonstrations in France and Italy
Air Canada crew relocated due to civil unrest in Europe
Oct. 25 – First F-35 arrives for RCAF
Canada receives first F-35 jets from U.S., as full order remains under review | CBC News
Oct. 25 – Backyard Plane Painting Project
Niagara artist paints ‘love letter to Canada’ on retired classic airplane in her Wainfleet, Ont., yard | CBC News
Oct. 24 – Katherine Stinson, early aviator. Besides the Calgary to Edmonton air mail flight she also put on a display at what is now abandoned Old Camp Shilo (then quite a community). And she always flew using the Wright ‘two-stick’ control system.
Katherine Stinson: The Flying Schoolgirl | MiGFlug
Oct. 24 – Alberta looking at provincial support for scheduled flights to smaller communities
Lloydminster, Cold Lake push for commercial air service | CBC News
Oct. 24 – Potted history of Prince Albert airport (take some comments with a grain or two of salt)
The secret history of Prince Albert’s Glass Field
Oct. 23 – Mitchell headed to Bomber Command Museum, Nanton
Why a historic B-25 bomber is thumbing a ride in Alberta | CBC.ca
Oct. 24 – Recon balloons are not new.
Project Genetrix: The 1956 US Spy Balloons | MiGFlug
Oct. 23 – And where did John Travolta’s B707 end up?
Why is John Travolta’s old luxury jet in a small Australian town?
Oct. 23 – RAF to deploy helicopters and heavy lift aircraft to fire fighting
Britain to Deploy RAF Chinook Helicopters and A400M Aircraft to Fight Wildfires – Aviation News
Oct. 23 – Real, or distraction? Latest UFO news release
Mysterious ‘black triangles’ spotted over sensitive US site, new Pentagon UFO files reveal | UFOs | The Guardian
Oct. 22 – Close Call
“Stop, Stop, Stop”: ATC Scrambles To Halt Air Canada Jet As Southwest 737 Lands In St. Louis
Oct. 22 – Is that plane clean? Handling biological hazards on airliners (and Air Canada doesn’t fare well)
Delays, deodorant and ripped up carpet: how airlines handle mid-flight ‘biological hazards’ | Travel | The Guardian
Oct. 22 – Letting idiots handle artifacts is never a good idea!
Pete Hegseth’s staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office | Pete Hegseth | The Guardian
Oct. 21 – It’s like your call isn’t important to them after all. Or the cost of that music they ply while you wait for a service representative has been tariffed.
Want to book with Air Canada by phone? That’ll be an extra $30 please | CBC News
And luggage problems
Houston Airport Passenger Receives Apology As Air Canada Loses Wedding Luggage After Tag Refusal
This couple put an AirTag in their bags. Air Canada still lost them | CBC.ca
Oct. 21 – Static Mosquito restoration in New Zealand
Ferrymead’s Combat-Veteran Mosquito Restoration Advances with Wing Repairs and Museum Support – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 21 – Fundraiser at the Winnipeg Museum Nov. 7
A night for aviation and a good cause – CTVNews
Oct. 21 – Local communities take over airport operations in Fort St. John
Communities take over Fort St. John airport operations after 30 years of private management | CBC News
Oct. 21 – Private in-flight refuelling?
Former US Air Force KC-10A Departs Arizona Boneyard for Commercial Refueling Service – Aviation News
Oct. 21 – He said/She said in earring pin and fighting for armrest space.
Woman sparks debate as she confesses to poking airplane seatmate with EARRING after he invaded her space | Daily Mail Online
Oct. 21 – Interesting actions being taken in response to US moves
The World Continues To Seek Alternatives To American Tech – Ian Welsh
Oct. 20 – Well known Labrador pilot has died
‘End of an era’: Labrador pilot Tony Powell has died | CBC News
Oct. 20 – Ghosts in the Hangars
Fright and flight: Aviation Museum brings Halloween scares to North Saanich | Peninsula News Review
American Airpower Museum to Host Haunted Hangar Halloween Party on Oct. 24 – Vintage Aviation News
Interesting thought, what is scariest aviation movie? There is Stephen King’s The Langoliers, and John Nance’s Pandora’s Clock, but the Australian movie The Survivor I think takes the cake. Strange premise, and gratuitous violent sub-plots, but the producers sure didn’t pull many punches on the crash scenes and wreckage.
Oct. 20 – And archiving isn’t always just science
The Final Chapter of JFK’s Hangar 17
Oct. 20 – the first woman to hold a flying licence
Raymonde de Laroche: First Licensed Woman Pilot | MiGFlug
Oct. 19 – Using drones for combat medivacs
Ukraine says it carried out first drone airlift of wounded soldier from front line
Oct. 19 – Tillimook to re-open after repairs
Tillamook Air Museum Set to Reopen October 29 – Vintage Aviation News
Tillamook Air Museum Announces Grand Reopening Date – Aerodynamic Media, LLC
Oct. 19 – Well, it is a ‘run’ way
Nighttime 10K Brings Thousands of Women Runners to London City Airport Runway – Aviation News
Oct. 18 – New at Oskosh (Catalina #2459 was water-bomber CF-HHR in Canadian service)
EAA Aviation Museum Adds Six Aircraft | MiGFlug
Oct. 18 – Japanese space mission to another moon
Japan’s MMX mission set to grab a piece of Mars’s moon Phobos
Oct. 18 – FlyDubai captain describes cockpit attack by co-pilot.
Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him | Flydubai plane incident | The Guardian
Oct. 17 – Climate and Turbulence
Hiding in plane sight: the invisible turbulence that can strike out of a clear blue sky | Air transport | The Guardian
Oct. 17 – The Sandbox, Canada’s Drone Technology competition
In Canada’s drone-killing ‘Sandbox,’ companies compete for a $1M prize | CBC News
Oct. 17 – Fashion and Flight, interesting idea for an event
The Museum of Flight to Host Fashion in Flight on Nov. 7 – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 16 – Annual migration of the Twin Otters
How Do You Fly A Twin Otter From Canada To Antarctica? Follow The British Antarctic Survey’s Journey
Oct. 16 – Bruce Aikenhead, pioneering Aviation Engineer
Pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering: Bruce Aikenhead and Canada’s Rise in Space – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 15 – Final Farewell to the Snowbirds
Snowbirds prepare to say goodbye to iconic 63-year-old jets in final airshow | CBC News
What should happen to the retiring Snowbird jets? Ottawa fans have ideas – Capital Current
CFB Trenton tarmac will be snowbirds final landing | Quinte News
Oct. 15 – Using Dry Ice to kill smoke?
Indonesia fights fire with dry ice as toxic haze spreads across region | Indonesia | The Guardian
Oct. 15 – This might be an interesting story, but again CBC does a master class in reporting and giving no real information. Aircraft involved might possibly be a Beech 1900, more likely than a King Air.
Quebec man ordered to rehab following alleged cockpit break-in attempt | CBC News
Oct. 14 – Code error?
Phantom hijack scare forces emergency landing of Air India jet
Oct. 13 – QANTAS airliner grounded by bed bugs
Qantas flight grounded after bedbug outbreak
Oct. 12 – Power and Pipe Line monitoring by drone airship. Of note, solar powered.
Why an airship was spotted hovering over this central Alberta town | CBC News
Oct. 12 – FAI recognizes Artemis II mission records
Artemis II astronauts receive their official FAI World Record certificates in Houston | World Air Sports Federation
Oct. 12 – What do we do after the ISS is gone?
The Space Review: After the ISS: What happens when humanity loses its shared home in space?
Oct. 12 – Early Regional Jets
The First Generation of Regional Jets
Oct. 10 – Gimli Glider pilots to be inducted into Aviation Hall of Fame (pity they scrapped the plane).
Gimli Glider pilots to receive aviation distinction award, hall of fame induction | CBC News
Oct. 9 – CF-104D afterburner run (note Canadair did not build the 104D, but still it was ex-RCAF)
Norwegian Starfighter Marks Return-to-Flight Anniversary with 140-Knot Afterburner Run – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 9 – New expedition to examine mystery object that might be Earhart’s Lockheed. Of note, this object is inside the lagoon at Nikumaroro Island, and might have been transported by tidal forces from outside, near the shipwreck there. Pieces of the ship, some weighing tons, and also washed up in the lagoon and been buried then exposed by storms.
Amelia Earhart mystery could finally be solved after 90 years as experts investigate ocean object
Oct. 19 – Mystery object turns out to be trees
Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees | Amelia Earhart | The Guardian
Oct. 9 – Smithsonian receives stealth airplane (but how do they know it arrived?)
Historic Stealth Aircraft Airlifted to Smithsonian Museum Inside Giant Transport Jet – Aviation News
Oct. 9 – Lovely surprise for retired pilot
Elderly Langley pilot surprised with special flight | Aldergrove Star
Oct. 8 – City fines museum for homeless problems
Oshawa museum faces nearly $3K in city fines over homeless encampments on property | CBC News
Oct. 8 – Canada and Europe to jointly acquire fleet of CL-515 tankers
Canada and European Union Prepare Joint Purchase of 50 De Havilland Water Bombers – Aviation News
Oct. 8 – Airliner diverts flight due to emergency (toilets not working)
American Airlines flight diverts to New York for bathroom emergency – NBC New York
Oct. 7 – Nordspace Terra Nova satellite in orbit and working, the first private Canadian satellite. And plans for a Canadian launch facility
Company with NL rocket ambitions has its satellite in orbit | PNI Atlantic News
Oct. 7 – Ottawa Flying Club to lose it’s space after a century
After 100 years, Ottawa Flying Club to lose home base at Ottawa airport | CBC.ca
Oct. 7 – Blimp over Halifax (“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a ….. drone?”)
(Update) Blimp in the sky over HRM | Waterfront Media HFX
What’s this big shiny blimp doing over Halifax? | CBC.ca
Oct. 7 – Woman who put man on the moon has died
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies aged 90 | Space | The Guardian
And another of the NASA computers
Beyond the Numbers: How Katherine Johnson Shaped American History and Space Exploration
Oct. 7 – First flight for Brazilian Grippen
First Brazilian-Built Gripen Fighter Jet Completes Historic Maiden Flight in São Paulo – Aviation News
Oct. 6 – Pearson Airport and Ingenium announce joint program for school kids
Toronto Pearson and Ingenium’s Canada Aviation and Space Museum launch first-of-its-kind airport-based aviation education program
Oct. 6 – Looking at the National Air and Space Collection through foreign eyes
Maple Leaf marvels
Oct. 6 – Defusing bombs
‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb | Defence policy | The Guardian
Oct. 5 – Further analysis of proposed airport privatization
‘A terrible decision’: PM Carney set to open Canada’s four largest airports to private investment | The Pointer
Oct. 4 – The night of the UFOs
‘The Night of the UFOs’: Remembering the Oct. 4, 1967, skies over Nova Scotia | CBC News
Oct. 4 – Report on fatal Spitfire crash
Debris in engine very likely caused RAF Coningsby Spitfire crash
Oct. 1 – Documentary on Expo ’86 World Flight
Documentary Revisits Odyssey 86 DC-3’s Flight Around the World – Vintage Aviation News
Oct. 1 – Nice to see the Argus finally get some ink!
Royal Canadian Air Force CP-107 Argus – Pilot insights
Oct. 1 – But the Avrocar gets dismissed (it’s a shame they didn’t go to the next step and fix the design problems)
VZ-9AV Avrocar: The U.S. Military’s Flying Saucer
Sept. 30 – Pilot-less anti-sub platform tested
U.S. Navy Evaluates Advanced GA-ASI MQ-9B SeaGuardian Uncrewed Aircraft at Whidbey Island – Aviation News