TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO – January 2025 – The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, based in Tillsonburg, Ontario, is thrilled to be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025. The Association was created in 1985 by three aviation enthusiasts who had a dream to preserve the Harvard aircraft as an honour and remembrance to the men and women who…
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Our registered charitable organization was created in 1985 from a passion to keep the legacy of the WWII Harvard aircraft alive and honour those who trained in them and served their country.
Dubbed “the pilot maker”, the Harvard was the most advanced, single-engine trainer of its time, offering the familiar “roar of the Harvard” at…
TILLSONBURG, ON - November 11, 2024 -- A day after the 2024 Remembrance Day ceremonies, a 100-year-old Veteran Spitfire pilot will take to the skies in a Harvard, an aircraft he trained on 80 years ago.
Flying Officer Ken Raven, (Retired) was an RCAF Spitfire pilot conducting photo reconnaissance as he witnessed the final days of…

