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cover-spring-2009Volume 33, No. 1, Spring 2009, Mailing 18 June 2009. A Dart in my Heart – The genius behind the 1958 re-creation of Canada’s first successful aircraft, the Silver Dart, tells his story. Former Leading Aircraftsman Lionel McCaffrey and his team of air force craftsmen built the replica to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight in Canada in 1959. Challenging the Submarine Threat - Maritime Command and the Cold War – A look back to the 1950s and 60s when Maritime Air Command anti-submarine aircraft roamed Canada’s oceans in search of foreign threats. The Unsung Heroes - The story of a WW II RAF navigator who was killed in a Lancaster bomber in 1944, but also the story of two Canadian airmen on the same crew who also perished. Staking a Claim - The RCAF Asserts Arctic Sovereignty – In January of 1962, an RCAF camera operator aboard a photo survey Lancaster aircraft flying over the North Pole marks the location by jettisoning a film can containing the names of the crew. Held the Sky Suspended - Noted author Ted Barris describes the British Commonwealth Training Plan activities in the Toronto area during WW II. Sergeant Roland “Roly” Clement - An Unsung Hero – During a maritime patrol aboard a Neptune sub hunter, Sgt Roly Clement risks his life to free up a stuck nose wheel. Hunting Desperados with Airplanes - During the First World War, aviators of the Royal Flying Corps in the Kingson/Belleville area of Ontario are enlisted to track down gangsters – a novel idea for the times. Desert Warrior – The Life and Times of Albert Albert Houle, DFC and Bar, CD – Ottawa historian Tom Ritchie looks back over Bert Houle’s accomplishments over a lifetime of adventure. Remembering… The Para-Belles: First pararescue nurses – Long before gender equality came into vogue, RCAF nursing sisters did double duty as search and rescue para-jumpers. Celebrating the Gooney Bird - A retrospective on the C-47 Dakota, the workhorse of the air transport world for over half a century.