Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Explained

Unit Name:Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association
Dates:1985
Type:flying aviation museum and display team
Garrison:Tillsonburg Airport
Website:www.harvards.com
Aircraft Trainer:North American Harvard North American NA-64 Yale

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association (CHAA) is an all-volunteer non-profit charitable organization based in Tillsonburg, Ontario. It was founded with the aim of acquiring, preserving, restoring, maintaining, displaying and demonstrating the North American Harvard aircraft and other training aircraft associated with the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] [2] [3]

History

The association was founded in 1985 at a small grass airstrip in Woodstock, Ontario, by a group of Harvard enthusiasts determined to preserve the aircraft type. CHAA moved to Tillsonburg in the late eighties.

Today, there are fewer than 50 Harvards flying in Canada, and most of them are associated with CHAA.[4]

Aircraft

CHAA currently has ten aircraft.[5]

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft owned by CHAA
TypeSerialRegistrationCondition
Harvard Mk II AJ583C-FHWXairworthy
Harvard Mk II3830C-FRWNairworthy
Harvard Mk II3191C-FMTXunder restoration
Harvard Mk II2885noneunder restoration for use as a ground trainer
Harvard Mk 420242C-FWPKairworthy
Harvard Mk 420304C-FBZTunder restoration
Harvard Mk 420321CF-UFZ'Bessy' - currently offline for repainting
Harvard Mk 420422C-FRZWairworthy
Harvard Mk 4 20436C-FWLHstatic display
North American Yale3399C-GLJHcurrently offline

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to CHAA . 2009-08-19 . Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association . n.d. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817121321/http://harvards.com/content/blogsection/14/89/ . August 17, 2009 .
  2. Web site: Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association. 2009-08-19. Doors Open Oxford. May 2009.
  3. Web site: North American AT-6 Harvard. 2009-08-19. Fleet Air Arm Archive. 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20090626093949/http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Harvard.htm. 2009-06-26. usurped.
  4. Web site: Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association. 2009-08-19. Information Oxford.ca. 2008. https://archive.today/20130115135043/http://www.informationoxford.ca/details.aspx?ID=12141&Type=O#. 2013-01-15. dead.
  5. Web site: Our Aircraft . Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association. 2022-08-28 .