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June 7                                             2013 – The Canadian AeroVelo Atlas human-powered
          1978 – Wardair became the first operator          helicopter makes a 64-second flight that reaches an
            of the de Haviland Dash 7. The aircraft C-       altitude of 3.3 meters (11 feet), winning the American
            GXVF was named Don Braun after a famous          Helicopter Society International's Igor I. Sikorsky
            Canadian bush pilot.                             Human-Powered Helicopter Competition by becoming
                                                             the first such helicopter to fly for at least 60 seconds
          1957 – Royal Canadian Air Force Avro
            Canada CF-100 Mk.5, 18562, of No. 433            and achieve an altitude of at least 3 meters (10 meters).
            Squadron, North Bay, separated both wings  June 15
            during performance at London, Ontario, air     1959 – A monument was unveiled at Alexander Graham
            show sustaining two fatalities.  F/O's C.A.      Bell Museum in Baddeck, N. S. commemorating the
            Sheffield and Les Sparrow died in the crash.     flight of the Silver Dart in 1909.
            Post crash film analysis suggested that the     1946 – No. 437 Squadron was disbanded.
            aircraft pulled +7 g's while configured for a
            maximum of +4.74 g.                            1943 – No. 434 (Bomber) Squadron was formed in
                                                             England.
        June 9
          1989 – Jane Foster and Deanna Brasseur          1942 – No. 135 (Fighter) Squadron was formed at
            passed a course to become Canada’s first         Patricia Bay, BC.   No. 147 (BR) Squadron was formed at
            two female fighter pilots available for          Sea Island, Vancouver, BC
            combat roles; possibly the world’s first.      1931 – Canadian Airways pilot E. W. Stull in a Fokker

        June 10                                              F.14 A, flew the first radio beam from Winnipeg to
          1999 – Canadian CF-188 Hornets began              Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
            Operation Joint Guardian during the Kosovo   June 16
            Air War.                                       1961 – Royal Canadian Navy pilot SubLt. I.K. Rassow is

          1944 – RCAF fighter wings 144, 127 and 143        killed when he flies his McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee, BuNo
            moved to France.                                 126434 of VF-870, into a rocky knoll during aerobatic
                                                             practice near Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia.
        June 12
          2001 – Jetsgo, a Canadian airline,              1945 – The RCAF accepts its first Victory Aircraft built
            commenced operations.                            Lancaster X (FM101).

          1944 – While attacking Cambrai, France, on      1941 – The Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron No.
            13 June 1944, an Avro Lancaster of No. 419       411(F) formed in England with Spitfire Mk.1A aircraft.
            Squadron was shot down in flames. P/O        June 17
            Andrew C. Mynarski, the mid-upper gunner,      1941 – The RCAF formed the 409 (Night Fighter)
            made repeated attempts to free the tail          Squadron with Defiant NFI aircraft.
            gunner trapped in his turret. With clothing
            and parachute on fire, Mynarski finally gave     1940 – A detachment of five Douglas B-18 Digby’s from
            up and jumped; he succumbed to his burns.        No. 10 (BR) Squadron at Dartmouth, commenced
            Miraculously, the tail gunner survived the       operation from Gander Airport. This was the first RCAF
                                                             Operation in Newfoundland.
            crash. Mynarski was posthumously
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            awarded the Victoria Cross.                  June 18
                                                           1920 – The first aircraft were taken on strength by the
          1941 – First RCAF bomber attack was
            carried out by No. 405 (Bomber) Squadron         Canadian Air Force.  They were four Avro 504 ks,
                                                             registered G-CYAA to G-CYAD.
            against Schwerte, Southeast of Dortmund
            Germany.                                           Just a bit of Canadian Aviation History for June
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