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Canadian Aviation Historical Society – Journal
Vol. 40 No. 2: Summer 2003

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Front Cover
 


On Testing Aeroplanes
 


An Unforgettable Instructor
 


Training Navigators
 


Back Cover

The Empire Test Pilot’s School, Farnborough 1963
Learning a Demanding Profession Richard Bentham   44

I Remember Helen
The No-Nonsense School of Flying Training Lou Wise   52

Flying With the AOS (Part I)
Providing Practical Experience for Tyro Navigators Alan Wingate   56

Royal Canadian Navy Hybrids
Why Canadian Naval Aircraft Once Bore Unusual Livery Leo Pettipas   66

Jimmy Wedell and the Three-Capitals Flight of 1932
Ottawa to Washington to Mexico City in Record Time William Wheeler   72

From the Editor

William Wheeler

  43

Corporate Members     55

Book Reviews     76

Par Avion     76

Cover Stories

William Wheeler

  79

Corporate Sponsors     79

Covers:
Front:
This dramatic representation of CF McDonnell-Douglas CF-18s refuelling at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta was rendered in pastel by Tom Bjarnason.

Back: Colour shots of Canadian Junkers aircraft are rare. This study of W.33/34, CF-AQW is from the collection of the late John Caron.

 

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