The great circle distance from CYQG to London Gatwick is 3768 sm, the normal range of a Boeing 727-100 is 2590 sm. The record flight was 3930 sm. How was that possible? The article below has the answer. To correct…
Officer in Middle East Sends Plea O.C. of 417 Squadron Says Members Want People Here to Help Them During WWII, the vast majority of Canadian Air Force squadrons were based in Great Britain and many were ‘adopted‘ by various cities…
On 18 December 2000, an Antonov 124 (AN124) aircraft, call sign ADB505F, departed on an instrument flight rules flight from Montréal (Mirabel), Quebec, to Windsor, Ontario, to pick up 40 tonnes of auto parts for delivery to Oostende, Belgium. The…
Robert/Bob Wong was a flight engineer and test pilot at No. 7 E.F.T.S., Windsor. Snapshots of the Sept 14, 2024 CAHF Induction dinner He was called to serve with No.7 E.F.T.S. near completion of his B.Sc. Maintenance Engineering course at…
The 2 flights above were on Jun. 02 and 03 1987 The 2 flights above were on May 29 and 30 1988 (Times in this log are in “Z” Time {GMT}) Years ago I was in London (UK) with my…
