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A black-and-white image depicts two men in military uniforms, standing in front of an aircraft. The man in front is a pilot, and is being helped into his parachute by the man standing behind him.
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Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque: The first Canadian to fly air combat missions in the Korean War

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Nicolas Nadeau
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
May 17, 2021
Read about the first British Commonwealth pilot to shoot down a German Focke-Wulf Fw-190, who spent the end of the Second World War as a POW, and, went on to be the first Canadian to fly combat missions during the Korean War.
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Major Walter “Wally” Watson Peters: Canada’s first Black jet fighter pilot

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Nicolas Nadeau
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
May 10, 2021
Read about the first Canadian-born Black jet fighter pilot who also became the first Human Rights Officer for the Canadian Armed Forces.
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A forgotten fortieth: Remembering the SWINTER Aircrew Trial

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Camas Clowater-Eriksson
Ingenium
Mar 8, 2021
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum highlights a new oral history project that is working to preserve an important chapter in women’s air force history.
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Women in STEM: A conversation with Jasmine Shaw

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Nov 10, 2020
This month, the Ingenium Channel is highlighting a series of talented, Canadian women who are participating in the Dr. Roberta Bondar Career Development Program.
A young woman in a green military uniform pokes her head out the side window of an aircraft.
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Women in aviation: A conversation with Brigadier-General Lise Bourgon

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Nov 28, 2019
This fall, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum proudly welcomed a helicopter from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF) into the museum's permanent collection.
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Remembering life as an Air Force “brat”

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Mike DiCola
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Technology
Nov 7, 2018
I grew up as the son of a serving member of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Although we were officially designated “dependents,” my brother and I have ever since been Air Force “brats” — a term that is shared only with great affection among all of us who shared that life. Dad wasn’t a pilot, but along with his team in Sabre Maintenance, he sure kept them flying. And I’ve never yet heard of a pilot who forgets to acknowledge his or her ground crew’s efforts. Growing up as brats, we certainly
Ernie Cable
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The Second Dawn of the Aurora

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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jan 2, 2018
Synopsis: Colonel Ernie Cable, CD (Ret’d) explains from his own personal experience what he calls the “First Dawn of the Aurora,” giving background on Canada’s multi-mission, maritime/Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft version of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft with Lockheed S-3A Viking avionics and sensors which the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) calls the Aurora. In his presentation, Col. Cable covers the Aurora program from the 90s to the present. Modifications from

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