WHAT’s NEW ON THE SITE - “Celebrating 100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force”
18 March 2024 - Under Resources - corrected the CC-330 Husky Serial Listing.
8 March 2024 - Under Resources - Added a “primer” on the P-8 Poseidon MMA aircraft.
6 March 2024 - Under Resources - Amended & updated the CT-145 King Air & CT-155 Hawk Serial # histories to reflect latest info on CE-145C aircraft and the Hawk retirement.
26 January 2024 - Updated our 2024 catalogue available for download in PDF format on the main title website page to reflect our latest additions.
17 December 2023 - Updated the “Coming Soon” page & Added a new article in the Resource section on the RCAF’s Phantom & Phoenix Fleets - “What Might Have Been!”
19 September 2023 - Under Resources - Amended the CC-150 Polaris & CT-114 Tutor Serial # Listings to reflect the latest available details for these aircraft types. Also updated RCAF VIP aircraft pictorial essay to reflect the CC-330 Husky aircraft.
07 September 2023 - Under Resources - Amended the CH-147 Chinook, CT-114 Tutor Serial # Listings to reflect the latest available details for these aircraft types.
04 September 2023 - Reluctantly, but due to yet another Canada Post rate hike, I have had to increase the shipping cost charged for each order by $1; it still, however, remains at a “flat rate”, so the more regular books you order, the more of an actual “discount” you will receive.
25 May 2023 - Under Resources - Amended & updated the CH-124 Sea King, CC-138 Twin Otter and CC-177 Globemaster III Serial # histories.
30 April 2023 - Under Resources - Amended the CH-148 Cyclone, & CH-149 Cormorant Serial # Listings to reflect the latest details on these helicopter types.
24 April 2023 - Under Resources - Further amended CF-188 Hornet Serial Listing to reflect ex-F/A-18 airframes acquired from the USN for test / training purposes thanks to info supplied by Steven Marchitelli.
22 April 2023 - Under Resources - Amended CF-188 Hornet Serial Listing to reflect ex-F/A-18 acquired from the RAAF and corrected CC-138 Twin Otter Serial Listing thanks to info supplied by Peter Hill.
19 March 2023 - Under Resources - Amended CC-295W Kingfisher Serial # Listings to reflect the latest details for this aircraft type.
13 January 2023 - Added a new non-Kestrel title for sale - “into the Mist - Finding CF-JDO” tells the tale of F/O Raymond Gran, DFC. You can find another story about his wartime exploits in our “Resources” section.
20 May 2022 - Under Resources - Uploaded an updated version of RCAF Post-War Squadron Codes + a corrected copy of A Primer on Cdn Military Aircraft Markings & Camouflage. (Thanks to CWH volunteer Ken Murphy for those corrections!)
16 January 2022 - Under Resources - Updated CC-115 Buffalo Serial # Listings to reflect the retirement of the last aircraft from active service
15 November 2021 - Under Resources - Amended CC-115 Buffalo Serial # Listings to reflect the latest details for each aircraft type; (Thanks to Malcolm Ramsay for corrections to the CC-115 Serial Listing)
27 October 2021 - Under Resources - Added CH-136 Kiowa Serial # Listings & moved CH-124 Serial # Listings to “Retired Fleet” category.
30 June 2021 - Under Resources - RCAF Post-War Squadron Codes - (Thanks to Victor Penner, we now know that the Squadron code “DK” for the Air Armament School also applied to Harvard aircraft, in addition to Venturas, Mitchells and Lancasters)
23 June 2021 - Under Resources - Added a corrected RCAF Squadron / Unit Codes 1939 - 1945 Listing - 442 Squadron = “Y2”; (Thanks to Greg Neid for pointing out the “typo”)
WHAT’s NEW IN OUR LISTINGS - “Celebrating 100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force”
22 November 2023 - Added new KAP Profile #40 - “The De Havilland Mosquito in RCAF Service” for sale
30 April 2023 - Added new KAP Profile #39 - “The CP-140 Aurora in RCAF Service” for sale.
2 April 2023 - Added “RCAF Marine Service - A History” for sale; Digital & hard copies now available.
29 March 2023 - Added artist Karl Gagnon’s Special Edition Profile Book - “Canadian Military Aircraft in Profile” for sale.
29 March 2023 - Added a couple of “used book” listings on the Avro Arrow by Peter Zuuring and Marc André Valiquette; these are in fact old “new” stock / brand-new books never read and, in some cases, still in their original shrink wrap.