RCAF Para-Rescue Service
During W.W.II Canadian Airlines Ltd. operated #2 Air Observer School as part of the British Commonwealth Training Plan. General Manager…
Category: Stories
First Police Manhunt by Air
The First Use of an Aircraft for Police Pursuit, 1919 by John Chalmers Little can be read about Canadian aviation…
The RCMP Hunt for the Mad Trapper
(Listen to Wop speaking about the Mad Trapper story in 1952) Many stories & books have been written about the…
Edmonton’s First Licensed Flying Club (first in Canada too!)
Canada’s first flying club was one formed in Calgary by Freddie McCall in 1919 – it was short lived and…
The Final Adventure
In June of 1952, “Wop” and his son Denny left on a driving holiday from Calgary to Great Falls (Montana), Yellowstone…
Fighter Pilot
“I do not want to glamourize war – I personally feel it’s always unnecessary….. but it’s fact, and the stories…
Wop’s Early Life
Wilfrid Reid May was born April 20, 1896 at Carberry, Manitoba. His father owned & operated A.E. May & Co….
BCATP – British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan operated a number of Air Observer Schools across Canada during W.W.II. #2 Air Observer…
The Story of the First Official Airmail Flights to the Arctic – 1929
The tender for airmail service closed June 7th, 1929 but was not signed until November 25th. Once the contract for…