Charles Knotek: DHC-5D Buffalo Airplane

Artist: Charles Knotek
1933 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1982
Image Size: 16 by 13.5 inches
Overall Size: 20 by 20 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

In less than eighty years Canada's winged flying machines have emerged and developed with unimaginable swiftness. As part of its continuing series devoted to great achievements in Canadian aviation, Canada Post issued a setenant pair of stamps depicting the de Havilland DH-82C Tiger Moth and the Canadair CL-41 Tutor. Developed in Britain, the Tiger Moth elementary trainer first flew in 1931. De Havilland Canada built approximately 1,500 Tiger Moths at their Toronto plant between 1937 and 1942. Also, during the Second World War, thousands of pilots were trained on this aircraft. Pilots remember the Tiger Moth as a pleasant aircraft to fly and one which was exceptionally responsive to the controls. In 1958, Canadair Limited of Montreal decided to enter the jet training aircraft market with a private venture - the CL-41 Tutor basic jet trainer, the first aircraft of wholly original Canadair design. Considerably more powerful than any other trainer in its class, the Tutor was well suited for adaptation to military use in ground attack duties. Depicted on the cachet of this First Day Cover is another of Canada's training aircraft, the de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo. Designed in 1962, the Buffalo was originally based in Montreal and used for paratraining, supply drops and tactical utility tasks.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Combination Cover for the Canada 17¢ Tiger Moth and Tutor setenant stamp issue of November 24, 1981.

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