407 Squadron Defends Sea Dragon Belt

407 Squadron Defends Sea Dragon Belt

SEA DRAGON 2022 ASW AIRCRAFT and CREWS For the second year in a row, a team from 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron at 19 Win g Comox, British Columbia, has shown itself to be a lethal submarine hunter. Operating over a training range near the island of Guam in the...
CP-140 Aurora Added to Canadian Encyclopedia

CP-140 Aurora Added to Canadian Encyclopedia

The Lockheed Aurora is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft (LRPA) used in the Canadian Armed Forces for antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and maritime surveillance. The Aurora entered service in 1980 and replaced the CP-107 Argus. Thanks to structural improvements and the...
Maritime Aviation Association – 1947

Maritime Aviation Association – 1947

In April 2021, our MAVA secretary received an email from Peter Merchant in Calgary, AB offering a scanned copy of a photograph of the 1947 inaugural meeting of the “Maritime Aviation Association”. Mr. Merchant explained that his father, Bob Merchant, third row second...

407 Sqn CP-140M Wins US Navy Sea Dragon Competition

The CP-140M is the final version of the Aurora Incremental Modernization Program (AIMP) in which some components of the airframe were replaced and the original electronics were updated with state-of-the-art avionics and sensors. The Aurora first entered service with...
Maritime Aircraft Retire To National Museums

Maritime Aircraft Retire To National Museums

On 28 September 2019, the National Air Force Museum of Canada, located at 8 Wing Trenton, ON inducted two maritime aircraft into the museum’s air park. Earlier in the year a crew from MH 443 at Pat Bay, BC delivered Sea King 12405 to the museum. Sea King 12405...
First CH-148 Cyclone Deployment

First CH-148 Cyclone Deployment

CH-148 Cyclone In Flight First Cyclone deployment “outstanding” – from the Royal Canadian Air Force During Operation Reassurance, HMCS Ville de Québec’s CH-148 Cyclone helicopter flew 170 missions including surveillance and maritime security patrols,...