Owned by Canadian Warplane Heritage

aka CF-HOT

Nice cloud structure

This beautifully presented Mustang made its first post-restoration flight on 26 Sep 2020 and has a widely-travelled history. After delivery to the USAAF as 44-72059, it was acquired by the Swedish Air Force in 1945. Ten years later, it was sold to Nicaragua and eventually salvaged in the US in 1963. It found its way back to Latin America for service with the Bolivian Air Force from 1966 which whom it remained until 1995. Repatriated to the US again, restoration was began in 2002 and not completed till 2020, impressively finished to represent an P-51 of 424 (City of Hamilton) Sqdn RCAF. The aircraft is privately-owned by Hannu Halminen.

Sporting a new rendition of the Purolator livery is this former AC Express Dash 8-100. Now it spends it's time flying packages around for Purolator. Flights are operated by North Bay based Voyageur Airways.

Delivered to the RCAF as 12790 in 1962. Reserialled as 104790 in 1970. Stored at Solingen by 1988. To the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum by 1996 and painted in Tiger colours as 104756.

Snowbird Tutor is pictured in the first version of their colorful scheme introduced in 1974. In 1977, it would change slightly when antenna would be added to be able to utilize civilian nav-aids. The flag would move lower on the fin to accommodate TACAN / VOR antennas and the serial would move to the fuselage. The clear nose lens would also become pointed to fit a glide slope antenna. A spare aircraft for 1976, 114003 carries the first commemorative tail marking by the team for the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. It went on display at the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, BC circa 2006.

After WWII, this Wildcat (bu 86581, among the last built) was an instructional airframe at New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM. Acquired in 1968 and moved by truck to Fayetteville, AR, the aircraft was restored and flew in 1969 as N8658. WWII Marine and corporate pilot Preston Parish bought the aircraft in 1971. With his wife, a former WWII WASP pilot, they would establish the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in 1977 (renamed Air Zoo in 1999). The Wildcat was airworthy until the registration was cancelled in 2014 and it remains on display.

Delivered to the RCAF as 12641 in 1962. Reserialled as 104641 in 1970. Used as instructional airframe 876C from 1987. Preserved at Hamilton from 1996.

Air Canada was one of the first three airlines in North America to introduce the 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100 in the mid-1990s. The aircraft entered AC mainline service to expand AC's trans-border routes to the US and put laid off mainline pilots back to work. The AC CRJs were later transferred to Jazz Aviation, which also acquired CRJ100s and CRJ705s (76-seat CRJ900s) directly from Bombardier. This CRJ200, msn 7987, was delivered in Dec. 2004. The retirement date of the Jazz CRJ200 fleet was extended as a result of Covid-19. In Dec. 2021 C-FIJA was flying YYZ-CLE-YYZ.

Former US Air Force trainer 51-7691 had been stored at MASDC when downgraded to the reclamation area in September 1958. It was sold and registered N3313G May 25 1959. One time Avco Lycomming chase plane and photoship, the trainer is current still in this color scheme (with a three bladed propeller) at the time of uploading.

Former USAF 57-382. To Canada as 101045 in 1971. Withdrawn from use in 1984 and preserved at Ottawa. Moved to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton, ON in 2004.

Delivered to the RCAF as 3400 in 1940. Sold in 1946. Stored and displayed at a number of locations. Registered as N6598Z in 1990 and N128DB in 1992. Cancelled from the register in 2009 as sold to Canada.