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…
Canada’s First Air Harbour
The first Air Harbour in Canada was “May Field” on the Sproule Farm in Edmonton. The Sproule Farm in Edmonton…
Mercy Flight: 2004 Re-enactment
On January 2, 2004 we had the pleasure and privilege of re-enacting an amazing historical event. Seventy Five years earlier,…
Mercy Flight: 1979 Re-Enactment
Thanks to the efforts of the Staff of the Lutheran Association of Missionaries & Pilots – in 1979, pilots Denny…
Taking Flight
On February 8, 1916 Wop May joined the Canadian Army – the 202 Edmonton Sportsman’s Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary…
Mercy Flight of 1929
Bert Logan, a Hudson’s Bay employee, and his wife were well respected in the communities of Little Red River and…