Vintage Wings of Canada


Vintage Wings of Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization, with a collection of historically significant aircraft. The facility is located at the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by former Cognos CEO and philanthropist Michael U. Potter. Most aircraft in the collection are in flying condition, or being restored to flying condition.
The facility is located in a hangar that was designed to resemble a wartime military hangar.
Vintage Wings is a flying museum, which displays its aircraft in the air and on the ground at many airshows and other events such as Royal Military College of Canada graduation parades, Battle of Britain Sunday parades and many other air shows in Canada and the USA.
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Mission

The organization states its mission as:

History

Vintage Wings was created by former Cognos CEO and founder Michael Potter, following his retirement from the company. After retiring Potter developed an interest in collecting "exotic vintage aircraft", starting in 2000. As the collection grew Potter decided to form a foundation to acquire, manage, maintain and fly the aircraft. Potter recruited a cadre of professional pilots, including a number from the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association and the National Research Council Flight Test Laboratory, to assist in managing, displaying and flying the aircraft.
In November 2024, Potter announced that he was selling his personal collection of aircraft. However, Vintage Wings, which is a separate organization, would continue operating.

Aircraft

Vintage Wings owns and operates many classic aircraft, most notably various Allied World War II era aircraft.
The aircraft owned by Vintage Wings are:
As of February 2023, Vintage Wings of Canada has three aircraft registered with Transport Canada and operate as ICAO airline designator GHK, and telephony GOLDEN HAWK.B
List of aircraft operated in July 2022:
Aircraft for sale, sold or no longer in the collection include:

Accidents and incidents

The Vintage Wings de Havilland Tiger Moth crashed at the Gatineau Airport on 28 August 2009. The visiting English pilot, Howard Cook, received serious injuries in the accident. He was practicing for the Classic Air Rallye the next day when the aircraft suffered an engine problem and crashed from the airport runway.