The Hangar Aug 7, 2026Wop May, Vic Horner, and the Nineteen Twenty-Nine Open-Cockpit Mercy Flight That Carried Diphtheria Serum Six Hundred Miles Into the Alberta ColdIn January 1929, pilots Wop May and Vic Horner flew diphtheria serum 600 miles into Arctic Alberta in an open-cockpit biplane.Taildragger
The Hangar Jul 21, 2026The de Havilland Beaver and the Bush Pilots Who Told de Havilland Exactly What to BuildHow Canadian bush pilots wrote the spec for the de Havilland Beaver in 1947, creating a floatplane that still works worldwide today.Taildragger
The Hangar Jul 7, 2026Punch Dickins and the Barren Lands: Opening the Canadian North by AirIn 1928, bush pilot Punch Dickins flew a 3,900-mile survey of Canada's unmapped Barren Lands, earning the McKee Trophy and opening the Northwest Territories to regular air service.Taildragger
ATIS May 16, 2026Air Canada's Airbus A three twenty-one XLR and the transatlantic routes it unlocksAir Canada's 16 Airbus A321XLRs will unlock nonstop transatlantic routes from Toronto and Montreal starting late 2026.Tower