Dehavilland DH 82-C Tiger Moth CF-DHQ 01

Vintage Wings of Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization, with a collection of historically significant aircraft. The facility is located at the

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, Canada. It was founded by former

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CEO and philanthropist Michael U. Potter. Most aircraft in the collection are in flying condition, or being restored to flying condition and are frequently flown. The facility is located in a hangar that was designed to resemble a wartime military hangar. The hangar is open on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for public visitors. Visits from Monday to Friday need to be scheduled in advance. As well, the facility is host to group tours, aircraft fly-ins and visits by veterans with prior arrangement. Vintage Wings is a flying museum, which displays its aircraft in the air and on the ground at many

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s and other events such as

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graduation parades,

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Sunday parades and many other air shows in Canada and the USA.

Mission

The organization states its mission as:

History

Vintage Wings was created by former

CEO and founder Michael Potter, following his retirement from the company. After retiring Potter developed an interest in collecting "exotic vintage aircraft", starting in 2000. As the collection grew Potter decided to form a foundation to acquire, manage, maintain and fly the aircraft. Potter recruited a cadre of professional pilots, including a number from the

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Flight Test Laboratory, to assist in managing, displaying and flying the aircraft.

Aircraft

Vintage Wings owns and operates many classic aircraft, most notably various Allied World War II era aircraft. The aircraft owned by Vintage Wings are: List of aircraft operated in July 2022: * de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk – two *

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used ...

de Havilland Fox Moth The DH.83 Fox Moth was a successful small biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major I inline inverted engine, manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. The aircraft was designed late in 1 ...

* Fleet-built Fairchild Cornell *

Fleet Canuck The Fleet Model 80 Canuck is a Canadian light aircraft featuring two seats in side-by-side configuration. The Canuck was designed for the flight training, personal use and light commercial roles. A total of 225 Canucks were built by two manufactur ...

* Fleet Finch II – Model 16 * Hawker Hurricane XII *

Hawker Fury II The Hawker Fury is a British biplane fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the 1930s. It was a fast, agile aircraft, and the first interceptor in RAF service capable of speed higher than 200 mph (321 kmh). It was the fighter c ...

(under restoration) * North American Harvard Mk IV * North American Mustang IV * Westland Lysander IIIA *

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contract ...

* Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Aircraft for sale, sold or no longer in the collection include: * Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing (sold 2011) *

Bellanca Citabria The Citabria is a light single-engine, two-seat, fixed conventional gear airplane which entered production in the United States in 1964. Designed for flight training, utility and personal use, it is capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses from ...

Boeing Stearman The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane formerly used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Stearman Aircraft became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely kno ...

* Canadair Sabre Mk 5 in the markings of the

Golden Hawks The Golden Hawks were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team established in 1959 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the RCAF and the "Golden" 50th anniversary of Canadian flight, which began with the AEA Silver Dart in 1909. ...

(up for sale in March 2017) * Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk *

de Havilland Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

Fairchild Cornell Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach a ...

* Fairey Swordfish Mk III * Hawker Hurricane Mk IV * Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI * Waco Taperwing ATO (sold in 2011)

Accidents and incidents

The Vintage Wings

crashed at the Gatineau Airport on 28 August 2009. The visiting English pilot, Howard Cook, received serious injuries in the accident. He was practicing for the ''Classic Air Rallye'' the next day when the aircraft suffered an engine problem and crashed from the airport runway.

References

External links

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Photos of Vintage Wings of Canada collection
{{Canadian Aviation Museums Aviation history of Canada Aerospace museums in Quebec Museums in Gatineau