St. Charles Airdrome
According to a Winnipeg Tribune article (1950 Feb. 18 - Early avaitors were barnstomers by Don Aiken) the first air service to be organized in Winnipeg
was at the old race-track at Kirkfield Park. I believe this was probably also known as the St. Charles Aerodome.
There ex-RFC men Gos Goulding, Tom Thompson,V.C. operated as the Canadian Aircraft Co. Ltd.
(Advert from 1927 Oct, 29 1927,Winnipeg Free Press, p 4) |
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(B/W Photo courtesy of U. of Winnipeg, Western Canada Pictorial Index, the Winnipeg Free Press Collection, 38050) |
Crowd examining Tri-Motor Ford Plane at St. Charles Airdrome, Winnipeg. The aircraft was one Commander Richard Byrd was to use in his Antarctic Explorations
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(B/W Photo courtesy of U. of Winnipeg, Western Canada Pictorial Index, James A. Richardson Collection, 3648) |
CF-ABK Junkers W-34bi (Construction Number: 2606) aircraft at St. Charles Airport, Winnipeg. I believe this
was either dated wrong or it was there for a promotional flight.. since Western Canada Airways Ltd. took delivery of one in June/July 1929 to be used
in air mail and express services.
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(B/W Photo courtesy of U. of Winnipeg, Western Canada Pictorial Index,, James A. Richardson Collection, 3483) |
The first and only De Havilland DH-60 Moth of the Western Canada Airway at Hudson, Ontario. On June 16th, 1928 at St. Charles, Mb.
it crashed and a student pilot Walter Lawson was killed.
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