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CANADIAN CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT PROJECT TAKES TO THE SKIES |
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Written by Hawk One Team
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17:28z - 2008/09/25 |
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The Canadian Centennial of Flight Board of Directors and Hawk One team officially launched a commemorative project Saturday, September 20th to mark 100 years of powered flight that Canadians can celebrate throughout 2009.
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68th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain this weekend |
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Written by Aviation.ca
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16:32z - 2008/09/09 |
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Activities are being planned in Moncton this weekend, by Metro Moncton Veterans, to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. A parade, beginning at 2 p.m. will begin at the old entrance to the airport will be followed by a reception at the Golden Age Club. |
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Military Dive Team Mapping Site of Old Plane Crash |
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Written by VOCM
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15:54z - 2008/09/09 |
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An American military dive team is spending this month in Botwood mapping the site of a plane crash that occurred in the harbour 66 years ago. The group is known as the Joint Prisoner of War - M I A Accounting Command or JPAC and is based out of Hawaii. They conduct humanitarian missions around the world to recover remains of American personnel involved in military missions. Team leader Captain George Mitroka says in 1942 the Excalibur, one of the famous flying boats which used Botwood as a stopover between the U S and Ireland, crashed on takeoff. The two passengers unaccounted for were American military personnel.
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Second World War veteran meets Dutch pilots in Cold Lake |
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Written by Caitlin Emond, Reporter - 4 Wing Cold Lake
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07:00z - 2008/08/20 |
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During April and May of 1945 a plan to deliver food into German-occupied Holland became known as Operation Manna. The British Broadcasting Corporation announced the mission to the Dutch citizens on April 24, and five days later hope began to fall from the sky in the form of nourishment.
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Hawk One - Celebrating 100 years of powered flight in Canada |
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Written by LCol (Ret’d) Dan Dempsey, author, pilot and team historian and Maj (Ret’d) Mary Lee, team public aff
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07:00z - 2008/08/07 |
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Canadians will bear witness to an historic event in 2009 as one of the most famous aircraft to have served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) tours Canada as the mainstay of the Centennial Heritage Flight celebrating 100 years of powered flight in Canada.
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Aviation History is Remembered |
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Written by 19 WING COMOX
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07:00z - 2008/06/09 |
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Grey skies befitting a very somber occasion set the scene at the Heritage Air Park, a place of remembrance, on June 1st. A large crowd of local dignitaries, military personnel, donors of heritage stones and families who had traveled from as far away as the Maritimes was there to attend two unveiling ceremonies. |
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Military association holds final parade after 90 years of service |
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Written by 17 Wing Winnipeg, Manitoba
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07:00z - 2008/06/06 |
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The Hon. John Harvard, Lt.-Gov. of Manitoba, and Chief of the Air Staff, Lt.-Gen. Angus Watt, said farewell this morning to one of the longest-serving veteran's organizations in Canada, the Wartime Pilots and Observers Association (WPOA).
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Minister of National Defence Visits NORAD Headquarters |
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Written by DND
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07:00z - 2008/04/14 |
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The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, along with General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, concluded their visit of the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This visit was an important familiarization trip for Minister MacKay during a special 50th anniversary for NORAD.
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