#WARBIRDS BOOK SERIES#
The handbook is also meant to be used as an auxiliary to the Canadian Warbirds series of books, which is currently available from Barnes & Noble Bookstores and the online bookstore.Īircraft that are missing from the list of those that are preserved following their service with the CF continue to be searched for by many other dedicated aviation enthusiasts.
#WARBIRDS BOOK SERIAL NUMBERS#
This update is meant to include more details on each of the individual aircraft flown by the CF and its precursors, including serial numbers where possible, and to illustrate some of the background stories to the aircraft and the squadrons they were flown in, along with a few photographs provided by the CF Archives. The purpose of the first handbook in this series, Canadian Warbird Survivors 2000, was to provide a simple checklist of where the surviving aircraft were at that time, and to illustrate the book with a few of my paintings and photographs. As an aviation historian, artist, photographer and enthusiast, I have attempted to keep track of where the remaining Canadian Warbird Survivors are presently located. Unfortunately, in a number of cases no examples exist anymore. Canada has done a very great job in preserving some of them, although many are still being sought. There are a number of us who have a continuing interest in old warbirds that Canadians have flown. Now in his 80s, he is still up there flying when he isn’t repairing or painting a mural on his barn, which he uses as a hangar on his farm at Charleston near Lakeville, New Brunswick. In 1994, at the age of 70, he built his own Ultralite aircraft and then learned to fly. This book is dedicated to my father, retired RCAF and CF Warrant Officer Aage C. Read moreĬanada’s Aviation Museums and their Collections This list is also appended with a brief summary of the aircraft presently on display within the nation and a bit of its history within the Canadian Forces.Ĭanadian Warbirds books are available through the or the online bookstores. The book lists the aircraft alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Hopefully, as more aircraft are recovered from their crash sites in the bush and restored, traded or brought back from private owners, they too will be added to the record. The museum staffs and volunteer organizations throughout Canada have done a particularly good job of preserving the great variety of Canadian military aircraft, illustrated here. Many are not listed in any catalogue, but have been found by word of mouth, or personal observation. The majority of the Canadian Warbird Survivors are on display within a great number of well maintained aviation museums, many others are displayed as gate guards near or in a number of Canadian Forces Bases, and a good number are in the hands of private collectors. The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in Canada.
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