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In Formation: The Northwest Staging Route
In the past few posts we told you about our P-39 restoration project and Stan Reynold’s connection to one particular Airacobra. This final part in the series, written by historian
Stan Reynolds and the P-39
In the last post, we told you about our latest restoration project, a P-39 Bell Airacobra. Thousands of these aircraft flew through Blatchford Field during World War II on their
Restoring the Russian Connection
Don Hitsman and Mark Crompton are volunteering their talents and their time to rebuild a little-known piece of Edmonton’s World War II history. Beginning in 1941, 8,000 American war planes
Happy Birthday Tony Cashman, thank you Terry Champion, and PWA crash cleanup
There have been a lot of interesting things happening at the museum over the last couple of weeks. Tony Cashman’s 95th birthday If you don’t know Tony Cashman, check out
Red Baron’s last flight remembered 100 years later
The death of World War I’s most famous and deadly flying ace was remembered Saturday at the Alberta Aviation Museum. Although the event happened 7,000 kilometres away and long before
In Formation: Wiley Post drops in on Edmonton
By Neil Taylor June 30, 1931 the weather was bad – very bad. It had been raining in Edmonton off and on for days, and overnight two-thirds of an inch
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