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Learning the art of polishing aluminum. One step at a time.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 8

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Not really knowing what we were getting into, we rented another hangar at the airport, put KDN in it, and started taking it completely apart. Removed the wings, landing gear, tail plane, vertical fin, rudder, ailerons, flaps, canopy, cowling, propeller, and seats. We ended up with a hangar full of parts, and no airplane. What have we done! This is a really big job and there is no going back. We ripped off all the old fabric and stored the pieces so we could use them as patterns later when we got

Chipmunk wing with fabric removed.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 7

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Spring is a happy time on the prairies, but we were not too happy to see the Chipmunk shaped outline of paint on the hangar floor, under KDN. As we were trying to decide what to do about the paint, we went flying. While flying it from my home runway into Saskatoon, I was in the back seat with James flying up front. As he levelled off and started to accelerate I noticed the fabric on the right wing starting to peel back from the inboard leading edge! James immediately slowed down to minimum

KDN being reassembled at Saskatoon Airport.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 6

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

It was very exciting, to open up that container and see KDN sitting in there, undamaged, and safe and sound on the ramp at Saskatoon Airport. Many friends wanted a quick peek at what we had, but we needed to get busy. We had another 5-hour adventure unloading it but were soon secure in a rented hangar. We would spend another week putting it back together, with Tom Coates coaching. We finished assembly just in time to make an appearance at the Canada Remembers Air Show held at Saskatoon airport

KDN at Bagby being disassembled with the help of Graham Fox and crew.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 5

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Time to fly this airplane. My first impressions as I climbed up the wing and slid the canopy open was that this was a real vintage airplane. The cockpit had the smell of metal, fuel, oil, leather and old electrical wire. Years later I visited the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier docked in San Diego Harbour. When I walked into the lower hangar deck I was hit with exactly the same smell. This was the smell of aviation history. Strapping into the cockpit that fit like a glove, I realised how much

James Brooke flying KDN at Bagby Aerodrome, North Yorkshire UK.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 4

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

I was working in my hangar one winter evening, 14 years ago. My friend James Brooke dropped by. I had met James years before when he volunteered to fly one of our fleet of Aircoupes that we were donating flights to the EAA Young Eagles program. James was a mathematics Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He had spent time working in the UK and had a soft spot for British aircraft. That night he had brought over a list of RAF Bulldog military trainer aircraft for sale by auction in the UK

De Havilland Canada Chipmunk DHC-1 G-AKDN

Aviation Ambassador - Introduction

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

De Havilland Canada Chipmunk DHC-1 G-AKDN — 2016 United Kingdom Tour The de Havilland Canada Chipmunk S/N 11 is a pre-production aircraft, designed and built in Downsview, Ontario. Bearing tail number G-AKDN, this DHC-1 is the oldest flying example of the type. Designed 70 years ago, G-AKDN symbolizes the birth of de Havilland Canada aerospace industry. This historic aircraft is available by appointment throughout the United Kingdom during the summer of 2016 for display, demonstration flights

1966 Alon Aircoupe. If I blurred my eyes, I saw a Chipmunk.

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 3

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

I was 12 years old and heard on the news that the RCAF was selling their Chipmunks to be replaced with the next generation trainer. The selling price was $10,000. I burst thru the door at home and told Dad we needed to buy one of the Chipmunks! He just looked at me and said if he didn’t have a mortgage, 5 kids and a dog to feed, and paying for a new station wagon (that cost $2300), He would love to, but no. But he said, if I were to get my pilots license, he would match every dollar I spent to

KDN test flight photo with scale pole in front and spin test parachute on tailcone. 1947 Photo: deHavilland archives

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 2

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The deHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. was based at Downsview Airport in downtown Toronto. They started building aircraft there in 1928. Most of the designs they built were under license from the British parent company deHavilland Aircraft. These included some very famous aircraft designs, the Tiger Moth, and Mosquito. The Canadian company was tasked with designing a primary trainer aircraft to replace the aging Tiger Moth biplane. The new design had to be suitable for initial training for

Magazine cover with Tiger Moth and the new Chipmunk

Adventures with G-AKDN - Chapter 1

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

We are at full throttle, in a left hand 60 degree, 2 G banked turn, at 500 feet over the lush English countryside. I am focused on 2 airplanes only meters ahead of me. I feel their wake turbulence nibbling at my controls. Out of the corner of my eye is a purple flash. Another aircraft is passing us on the outside of the turn, and when I look right to see him, I am looking almost straight up into the early afternoon sun. The heat from which, has nothing to do with the sweat I have worked up. An

Cover of Canadian Aviation magazine featuring the first Canadian-made Hawker Hurricane, February 1940. Source: Ingenium

Hawker Hurricane

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Hawker Hurricane gained fame for its role in defeating the German air force during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Robust and rugged, the Hurricane was a single-seat monoplane launched in 1935. It was an aircraft of technological firsts: it was the first Royal Air Force (RAF) monoplane to feature an enclosed canopy and retractable landing gear. The heavily-armed Hurricane was also fast and became the first RAF aircraft to fly over 485 km/h in level flight. Admired for its ability to operate

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