February 19, 2021
In 1982, George T. Richardson, of James A. Richardson & Sons Limited, helped purchase a huge, three-engine, Junkers airplane from a museum in Florida. It was retrofitted by Bristol Aerospace Ltd. into the original single-engine configuration of historic CF-ARM, the flagship aircraft of Canadian Airways Limited, known as “The Flying Boxcar.”
They served in the air and are remembered with Manitoba’s lakes. Behind every name is a story—some widely known, and others in danger of being slowly forgotten over time. Across Canada, place names reveal layers of history, culture, and memory. …
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The sight of aircraft travelling through the sky captures the imagination, but it is their engines that make flight possible. Recently, the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada added three standalone aircraft engines to the Museum floor—each representing a pivotal …
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