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Canadian Aviation Historical Society – Journal
Vol. 30 No. 1: Spring 1992

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Front Cover
 


A Barnstormer's Life
 


Bert Hinkler at DHC
 


Captured Gliders

 


Back Cover

Walt Leavens: The Last Barnstormer
Thrilling Canadians for a Quarter-Century K. R. Leavens     4

Thunderbolts in Burma
Republic P-47s in the Ground Attack Role A. B. Skidmore    12

Bert Hinkler and Canada
Across the Atlantic in a Canadian Puss Moth F. W. Hotson    14

Boy, was I Lucky!
Dropping in on a Golf Course J.D. Caron    23

Canada's War Prize Gliders
Useful Post War German Imports L. M. Bungey    24

De Havilland D.H. 6 (Canada)
A One-Off Canadian Trainer K. M. Molson    32

From the Editor

W.J. Wheeler

      3

Par Avion       34

In Memoriam: F/L "Emie" Glover, DFC       35

Corporate Support       35

Covers:
Front:
the loneliness of the long distance flier is apparent in Frank Wootton's painting of Bert Hinkler's Puss Moth silhouetted against a vast but glorious sky.

Back: at a base in Burma, Art "Skid" Skidmore (a Canadian with the RAF) taxies his 5 Squadron Thunderbolt, in this painting by Steve Snider.

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