🌺 The 19-year-old Canadian air bomber who never came home – The Story of Robert Wallace Blair 🌺 Robert Wallace Blair was born on 9 August 1924 in Toronto, Ontario — the son of George Washington Blair, an Irish-born signalman, and Irene May Jones, originally from Wales. He grew up by the shores of Lake Ontario, attending Kew Beach School and later Danforth Technical School, where he proved himself bright, capable, and skilled with his hands. Before the war, he worked as a draughtsman — a young

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used this Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Bombardier CC-144 Challenger aircraft (144618) for the two-week vacation flight to Costa Rica. The prime minister is required to fly on a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft for security reasons , even for personal travel. Cost of his family's flights on the last trip to and from Costa Rica was about $57,000. #aircraft #security #travel #aviation | FL360aero | Facebook

61K views · 4.3K reactions | The first long-range flight with no instructor is quite a moment in the career of an #RCAF Multi-Engine pilot. Recent graduates at 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School in Portage La Prairie recently conducted ‘Student-Mutual’ flights to Regina and back to build confidence and form bonds with their course mates. | Royal Canadian Air Force | Facebook

The Royal Canadian Air Force is celebrating their centennial anniversary today! ✈️💯 Although our ships and submarines are critical to our national sea strength - the support we get from Royal Canadian Air Force gives the complementary capabilities required to operate for modern maritime operations. While at sea, our air power comes from both the ship-borne Cyclone maritime helicopter (surveillance, surface/sub-surface warfare, utility support) and the Aurora long-range patrol aircraft (submarin

25K views · 1.4K reactions | F-16 Falcons and Royal Canadian Air Force CF/A-18 Hornets taxi and take off at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay. | Ultimate Military Channel | Facebook

84K views · 3.2K reactions | Royal Canadian Air Force  P-51 D Mustang #warbirds #RCAF #eaa #p51mustang #airventure #OSH24 #oshkosh #canada #wwii #ww2 | Internal Combustion | Facebook