Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

In NetLetter #1444 we published details of the commemorative stamps issued by the East Canada Section of the Ninety-Nines in order to celebrate Canadian women pilots representing various flying careers.

Here we have another stamp.

Emily Crombez, the first Canadian female pilot to crew the CL-415 to fight forest fires says, "Firefighting involves scooping up many loads of water and dropping them in a specified fire target area, while often encountering updrafts, turbulence and smoke. You are heavy and slow, performing steep manoeuvres, exercises you are usually taught to avoid."

The Emily Crombez stamp was launched on June 19, 2020 at the Tillsonburg Airport, the anniversary of Emily’s first solo on floats.

We invite you to help celebrate Emily Crombez's remarkable career by using this beautiful stamp.

(Source: (canadian99s.com/stamps/)