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Supermarine Spitfire – An Honoured Place in History
When I chose to feature this historic aircraft for this edition of the NetLetter, I soon realized that there is far too much information available to condense into a few short paragraphs.
The ‘Spitfire’ was designed to be short range interceptor which proved to be of significant worth during World War II. It emerged as the backbone of the fighter fleet of the RAF and Allies during the Battle of Britain where it had a higher victory-to-loss ratio than the more numerous Hawker Hurricane.
Primarily deployed by the RAF, RCAF and USAF, it served with distinguished honour and remains popular with aviation history enthusiasts and preservationists. 
Pictured is the Spitfire VC 417 RCAF Squadron in Tunisia in May 1943.
Please click on the following links more on the story and videos of the ‘Spitfire’.
Spitfire development at Wikipedia
List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Canadian Spitfires at SkiesMag.com
Spitfire videos on YouTube
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CP Air closes base. CP Air will close its Flight Attendant base in Montreal May 1, 1984 and move 85 flight attendants to Toronto and Vancouver. (Source: AC Horizons issued March 1984.) |
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CP Air buys Eastern Provincial. Canadian Pacific Airlines has announced plans to purchase Eastern Provincial Airways and its affiliate, Air Maritime Ltd., from Newfoundland Corp. for $10 million, subject to approval of the Canadian Transport Commission. Eastern Provincial will continue to be headquartered in Atlantic Canada and will service its regional structure as a separate carrier under its own name and livery. It will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of CP Air. Employee groups will not be amalgamated. EPA has some 850 employees and CP Air approximately 7,300 (Source: AC Horizons April 1984) |
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The airplanes of the 1930's and 40's certainly were durable. The Barkley-Grow light twin was introduced in Canada in 1939 with Yukon Southern Air Transport. Along with other operators, YSAT merged early in WWII into CPA, in which markings Leslie Corness frequently saw CF-BLV.
(Source: Leslie Corness collection via Larry Milberry/CANAV Books & CPAL "Its History & Aircraft by D.M. Bain) |
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Fecteau Air Services.
Getting bigger, he bought new bush planes on the market like the DH Beaver and Otter. In 1967 he sold the company to Quebecair, with a dozen Beavers and Otters, flying from Senneterre, Chibougamau, Matagami, Rupert House and many other remote locations. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Fecteau) |
 Integra Air. |
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In 1999, Integra started its chartered service and four years later it began offering aircraft management services. In 2010, Integra Air purchased Bar XH Air, expanding their services to include air medevac. Fleet included (5) BAe Jetstream 31, (4) King Air 200 and a Westwind. Here we have the timetable for Integra Air (from the collection of Sam Vaught.) The Airline ceased operations on August 31st, 2018, advising that the airline was undergoing corporate restructuring. The closure also shuts down operations of the Air Ambulance Services. (Source: wikipedia.org) |
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The company started in 1998 with scheduled flights to Edmonton.|
Terry Baker came across this article –
Delivered to Singapore Airlines in 1973, it was last employed by Evergreen International Airlines five years ago. (Source: Flight-International October 15, 2018) |
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And this photo from the same magazine dated October 23, 2018.
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