1 Service Battalion salutes Army aviators: View Content
By Steven Fouchard and Adam Moore, Army Public Affairs DND/CF and 1 Service Battalion CFB Edmonton AB.
This item has been posted on the RCASC section of the site.
My Blue Wing Odyssey: View Content
By LCol (Ret’d) WR (Ross) Craddock RCASC
Harry Reid’s Story: View Content
By LCol (Ret’d) Dean Black
Primary Helicopter (H-23 B and C) Course Class Picture 17 Aug 59-Camp Wolters TX USA: View Content
Photo provided by Maj (Ret’d) Ron Hall RCASC. Photo credit: Camp Walters Photo Lab
This item has also been posted on the Training section of the site.
H-34 Cargo Helicopter Conversion Course Sep 59 - 31st Transport Company (Lt Hel) Fort Rucker ALA USA: View Content
This item has also been posted on the Training section of the site.
Exercise Winter Express - 1 Transport Helicopter Platoon, RCASC Operations - NATO Allied Mobile Force (Land), Bardufoss Norway, March 1966: View Content
Article authored by BGen (Ret’d) AJ Waldrum and BGen (Ret’d) JK Oakley.
This item has also been posted on the OPS/EXS section of the site.
The Army in the Air - Alpha to Omega: View Content
The following paper provides a brief, historical overview of Canadian Army Aviation. The paper was prepared by BGen (Ret'd) LT Rowbottom and LCoI (Ret'd) LM RodenBush and presented to the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Ottawa, Ontario.
Prepared by BGen (Ret'd) LT Rowbottom and LCoI (Ret'd) LM RodenBush.
RCASC Officer Pilots at CJATC Rivers MB circa fall 1961: View Content
This item has been posted on the RCASC section of the site.
Canadian Army Pilot Mini-Luncheon Canadian War Museum Ottawa ON 2 Oct 2018: View Content
This item has also been posted on the following Corps/Units sections of this site:
RCHA,
RCAC,
RCA,
RCE,
RCCS,
RCEME,
C INT C,
RCIC,
4 CIBG/CMBG,
T&L FLIGHT AHQ.
By LCol (Ret’d) John Dicker Co-ordinator, Editorial Board, Canadian Army Aviation Website
Chinook Crash: View Content
This item has also been posted on the US/UK/UN section of the site.
Written and submitted by Maj (Ret'd) B Hill RCASC.
Canadian Army Pilots’ Luncheon Hylands Golf and Country Club Ottawa ON 20 Sep 2018: View Content
This item has also been posted on the following Corps/Units sections of this site:
RCHA,
RCAC,
RCHA,
RCE,
RCCS,
RCEME,
C INT C,
RCIC,
4 CIBG/CMBG,
T&L FLIGHT AHQ.
Provided by the Canadianarmyaviation.ca Editorial Board
Memorable First Flight: View Content
This item has also been posted on the US/UK/UN section of the site.
Provided by Maj (Ret'd) Bud Hill, RCASC
Light Observation Helicopter: View Content
This item has also been posted on the US/UK/UN section of the site.
Provided by Maj (Ret'd) Bud Hill, RCASC
First four RCASC Officers to undertake Direct Entry Helicopter Training on the H-23 Hiller conducted by the US Army at Camp Wolters TX in 1957: View Content
This item has also been posted on the Training section of the site.
Photo contributed by LtCol (Ret’d) Fred Zeggil.
Canadian Helicopters Support Prime Minister Trudeau and President Nixon at Meeting To Celebrate the 10th Anniversary
of the Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 27 June 1969: View Content
This item has also been posted on the Ops/Exs section of the site.
By Colonel George Zvanitajs (Rtd) CD.
One RCASC Officer’s Aviation Story - Blue Mountain to Paradise: View Content
This item has also been posted on the US/UN/UK section of the site.
By LCol Fred Zeggil.
An RCASC Pilot’s Story from PFS Centralia Course 59/1: View Content
Terry submitted the following article after reading the article entitled “An RCCS Pilot’s First Solo” which was posted to the website 30/07/2017. He was a student on the first Canadian Army Pilot Course to undertake primary flying training at RCAF Station Centralia Nov 59-Jan 60. Prior to Centralia, Canadian Army pilots, for the most part, undertook primary flying training at the Brandon (MB) Flying Club before proceeding to CJATC Rivers MB to complete their Light Aircraft Pilot Course, graduating with the award of the coveted Canadian Army Flying Badge.
Foreword by LCol JA (John) Dicker RCCS.
This item has been also been posted on the Training section of the site.
Submitted by Capt TSR (Terry) Jones RCASC.
Lieutenant Jack Shaw: View Content
(RCASC) CH-47 Helicopter Trials Accident, 17 March 1965.
This item has also been posted on the US/UK/UN section of the site.
Contributed by Maj Bud Hill.
Cuban Crisis and Helicopter Survivability Trials: View Content
By Maj Bud Hill
RCASC Aircraft Images: View Content
Contributed by BGen Joe Oakley.
RCASC Aviation History: View Content
Colonel Lorne Rodenbush's Chapter 9 "The Corps in the Air" from Colonel J.D. Murray's book "The Last Waggon".
Permission by Colonel Lorne Rodenbush.
Contributed by BGen Joe Oakley.
A Canadian Military Icon, Major Henry Reid: View Content
Major Harry Reid, the "Godfather of military transport helicopter operations in Canada."
Contributed by BGen Joe Oakley
List of RCASC Officers who qualified for the Canadian Army Flying Badge: View Content
A total of 102 RCASC Officers qualified for the Canadian Army Flying Badge.
Researched and compiled by LCol John Dicker with the assistance of BGen Joe Oakley.
Master list of all Canadian Army Aviators 1940-1970: View Content
Researched and compiled by BGen Joe Oakley with the assistance of LCol John Dicker.
Service Corps pilots with 1 Air OP Flight, Gagetown Detachment Group Photo: View Content
In 1958, Headquarters 1 Division was reduced to nil strength. A Detachment was dispatched to Camp Gagetown
in order to provide support for 3 brigade. The Detachment was augmented by 2 additional pilots consisting of
Lt Gorrell (RCASC) and Lt Binney (RCASC). This was the first mixed flying unit consisting of Service Corps pilots.
