May 22nd, 2026, marks the 80th anniversary of the De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk’s first flight. Known affectionately as the “Chippie” or “the Poor Man’s Spitfire”, the DHC-1 Chipmunk, a postwar aviation project of de Havilland Canada, took its first flight on May 22, 1946. De Havilland Canada constructed the type at its factory in Downsview, Toronto. The Chipmunk is a two-seat, single-engine aircraft that has been heavily used as a primary …
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