The Lysander was a two-seated liaison aircraft that was often used for inserting and extracting allied field operatives behind enemy lines without landing on an airstrip. This Lysander was damaged in a crash landing out near Cayuga, Ontario on June 19, 2016, and is currently under some intensive restoration.
The Freedom Figher is a license-built version of the American Northrop F-5 Tiger. It boasts some good performance for it's lower operating costs, but still doesn't compete as well as other fighters from it's time. The Freedom Fighter was used by the RCAF, as well as other air forces, such as the Venezuelan, Swiss, and Royal Netherlands Air Forces
Given the many iconic bomber planes from WWII such as the American B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator, the British Lancaster, the B-25 Mitchell is a fast and nimble bomber. It is much smaller than the larger bombers, but it was certainly a combat effective bomber and ground attack aircraft that almost handles like a fighter. One of the most famous deployments of the Mitchell were the 1942 Doolittle Raids, which were a series of retalitory strikes conducted after the attack on Pearl Harbour.
The PBY Catalina is a multi-role flying boat, since the fuselage was built similarly to a boat's hull, allowing it to float on it's belly with the help of two wing mounted pontoons. Famous PBY's include the US Navy's Black Cats that carried out night raids against Japanese fleets during WWII, and the Calypso, a Catalina owned by famous marine biologist, Jacques Cousteau, which was named after his eponymous non-flying boat. The Canadain license built version, the Canso was mainly used by the RCAF for coastal patrols, as well as search and rescue
The Draken is a Swedish-built fighter that holds the distinction of being the first fully supersonic aircraft to be designed in Western Europe. The Draken cemented the reputation for the Swedish Aerospace company SAAB, or Svenska Aeroplan AB, which also designed the civilian commuter plane, the Saab 340 and 2000, as well as commercial vehicles in conjunction with Scania, a swedish company that produces commercial vehicles. The aircraft mainly used by the Swedish Air Force, but also served for it's Eastern and Western neighbours, the Finish and Danish Air Forces respectively.
This nose section of a Draken is a gate guardian to the former Swedish Air Force bunker, F9 Säve, which has been converted into an aviation museum. The museum is located north of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden's 2nd largest city, at Gothenburg City Airport, which isn't too far from Volvo's Headquarters.
The Viggen is a multi-role figher that was built upon the fame of it's sister aircraft, the Draken. The Viggen was also the first mass-produced aircraft to feature a canard design, where instead of the vertical stabilizers and elevators being located on the back of the plane, they are located near the front. At this position, canards can improve the maneuverability of the aircraft, allowing it to sustain higher angles of attack, and better chances of recovering from a stall.
The Bell 212, or UH-1 Iroquois, otherwise imortally known as the "Huey", was one of history's most iconic helicopters, from it's use during the Vietnam War, to today by firefighters (In the city and in the forests), loggers, police, and even other militaries today. The Huey is one of the most rugged designs for a helicopter, and one of the most versatile for it's medium size. Many of these helicopters were exported to militaries around the world, including the militaries of Canada, Germany, Brazil, The Netherlands, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Norway, and as pictured here, Sweden.
The Globemaster is a heavy transport aircraft that is capable of carrying a multitude of different cargo, from food, weapons, personnel, to vehicles like trucks, tanks, APC's, and even helicopters and other aircraft. The Canadian Air Force acquired four C-17's back in 2007, where the first one was shown off at the Abbotsford Airshow before arriving at it's home base at CFB Trenton.
The Hornet is a multi-role strike fighter designed for use by the US Navy to replace some of their aging aircraft, like the A-7 Corsair II, the F-8 Crusader, and even the F-14 Tomcat. Outside the US Navy, this fighter's performance makes it the fighter of choice of Canada, Switzerland, Finland, and Australia.
The Buffalo, or lesser known as the Dash 5 was originally designed as an improved version of the DHC 4 Caribou cargo plane. It's STOL or Short Take-off and Landing capabilities makes the aircraft a great cargo aircraft, since it can land on airstrips, or if permitting, no airstrip at all, and take back off again. Today, the 442 Squadron of Comox, BC uses the Buffalo as a search and rescue aircraft, since it's STOL capabilities make it be able to reach smaller airstrips across the province, as well as navigating BC's rough terrain.
The Jayhawk is based on the US Navy's model of the Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, the SH-60 Seahawk. The Seahawk differs from the Blackhawk in terms of design and capabilities, such that the Seahawk's rear wheels aren't located on the tail, but the rear of the main body, allowing it to easily take off and land on ships, as well as perform duties like Maritime patrol, and Anti-Submarine Warfare. The Jayhawk is essentially a Seahawk, but it is designed to perform the duties required by the US Coast Guard rather than the US Navy. The Jayhawk features the same wheel on fuselage design, so the helicopter can land on US Coast Guard cutters. The duties usually performed by the Jayhawk include Search and Rescue around oceans, lakes, and rivers, to interception and apprehension of any law breakers on the water, like fugitives, or smugglers