Alone Among the Stars: Aviation in Harbour Grace, NL (1919-Present) Alone Among the Stars: Aviation in Harbour Grace, NL (1919-Present) Conception Bay Museum
In local folklore, the earliest structure on this site was the pirate Peter Easton’s fortifications, constructed circa spring 1612. George Tapp, a resident from St. Philip’s, built a […]
A welcoming crowd greets the arrival of the Pride of Detroit at the newly-constructed Harbour Grace airstrip, 1927.
The Pride of Detroit at the Harbour Grace airstrip before its attempted around-the-world flight, 1927.
Matthew McCarthy interviews Elaine (Parsons’s daughter) and Pam Edwards (Parsons’s grand-daughter) about the prominent career and contributions to our aviation history by Bill Parsons. Recorded at Gordon G. […]
Matthew McCarthy interviews Bryan Hood about the impact of Claude Stevenson on our town’s aviation history. Recorded at Hr. Grace Airstrip Hangar on February 11, 2023 Interviewer: Matthew […]
Matthew McCarthy interviews Elaine and Pam Edwards about family member, Lamont (Lal) Parsons, a local aviator with a memorable career. Recorded at Gordon G. Pike Railway Museum on […]
Bill Parsons points to a picture of Amelia Earhart in the old Aviation Room at the Conception Bay Museum, 1982. Parsons served as the museum’s chairperson in his […]
The new Aviation Room at the Conception Bay Museum reopened on May 20, 2022, 90 years after Earhart’s historic flight. The new exhibit is a thematic retelling of […]
A current day video taken from a small engine aircraft as it approaches and lands at our airstrip. Transcription below: Plane approaches from the east. Video is taken […]
Page 71 of the Harbour Grace Airstrip Logbook which details specifics from the Lady Peace adventure in 1936. Document reads: 1936 Name of Plane – Lady Peace Pilot […]
An excerpt from the Airstrip Logbook before their transatlantic flight in 1930, written by Harry P. Connor, Navigator. Document reads: Weather conditions were favorable between P.E.I. and Hr. […]
Matthew McCarthy conducts a zoom interview with Heather Stemp, a relative of the Archibald family and an aviation author. She discusses the role of the Archibald family in […]
