Welcome to the TBM Avengers Archive

Welcome to the TBM Avengers Archive supported by the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum (located near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). You will find detailed information about Grumman Avenger Aircraft used by Forest Protection Limited, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, as well as information regarding Avengers which have been used in New Brunswick in aerial application programs from other parts of Canada and the USA.

The page menu offers information about 85 individual Grumman TBM Avengers used in aerial spraying and fire suppression in New Brunswick and neighbouring provinces. There is a  quick reference list of pilots who have flown Avengers as well as the status list for the aircraft listed here.

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FPL’s TBM #13 has Been Sold!

FPL has just sold it’s second-to-last working TBM Avenger, C-GLEL, to the Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula, Montana. Now our bird has come full circle, as this is where FPL purchased her, from Johnson’s Flying Service. Read about it in this article: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_d0b607da-f3c0-11e0-8c43-001cc4c002e0.html. #13 arrived in Missoula on October 1o, 2011.

Don Henry passes on

I’ve just learned that a major collaborator on this project, Don Henry, passed away at the Chalmers Hospital here in Fredericton yesterday afternoon, January 2oth. He was 83 or 84 years of age, and was a great source of information about aerial spray history in New Brunswick. He will be missed.

New airstrip added

I’ve just added a new airstrip page to “NB Airstrips and Airports …”. Budworm City was constructed in 1951, and was used by Stearmans to combat the spruce budworm.

Excuse the mess

This blog is undergoing a major reconstruction, so things will be up in the air for awhile (excuse the pun).

Update: The mess is mostly cleaned up now, with almost all the pages updated. Many new images have been added, and this process will continue for some time to come.