Historic Aviation

First Flight December 17, 1903
First Flight, Wright Brothers, December 17, 1903 - Photo: Air & Space Museum

AEA Members
AEA Members (left to right) - Baldwin, Selfridge, Curtiss, Dr. Bell, McCurdy, Augustus Post
Photo: Aero Club of America

Cynet II Kite at Baddeck
Cynet II Kite at Baddeck with McCurdy - Photo: unknown

Silver Dart - February 23, 1909
Photo: DND

Cessna flies 1912 Silver Wings
Clyde V Cessna flies his 1912 Silver Wings - Photo: Cessna

Barker with a Sopwith Camel
Major William Barker, VC, with a Sopwith Camel - Photo: Archives of Canada

CAF Sopwith Dolphins
Photo: Archives of Canada

R-100 Toronto 1930
R-100 OverToronto Waterfront 1930
Photo: Canadian Air & Space Museum

Toronto Flying Club - 1930's
Toronto Flying Club on Wilson Avenue 1930's - Note Cities Service DC-2 - Photo: Canadian Air & Space Museum

Hughes H-1 Racer - 1935
Howard Hughes landing at Grand Central Terminal in the Hughes H-1 Racer, 1935 - Photo: LA County

Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat
Photo: Pan American Airways

Sikorsky S-42 over Miami
Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat over Miami - Photo: Pan American Airways

Malton Airport - 1939
Malton (Toronto International) Airport, 1939 - Photo: City of Toronto Archives

DC-3 at Malton Airport - 1938
American Airlines DC-3 landing at Malton (Toronto International) Airport, August 1938 - Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Cornell Trainer
Cornell Trainer Over Virden, Manitoba EFTS No. 19 October, 1944 - Photo: JunoBeach.org

Rocket-firing Typhoon
Photo: unknown via Gerald Kennedy

RAF Trainee Pilot F. Williamson
RAF Trainee Pilot F. Williamson - First Solo at Malton No. 1 EFTS December 19, 1941. Mr. Williamson would later fly Wellington Bombers for the RAF Coastal Command - Photo: Canadian Air & Space Museum

Macmillan Collection Curtiss Helldiver SBF-1
Photo: John Macmillan

Curtiss Helldiver SBF-1
Curtiss Helldiver SBF- 1 at Canadian Car & Foundry Plant Fort William (Thunder Bay) May 1944. - Photo: The John MacMillan Collection