Pigs Might Fly is the most comprehensive anthology ever written of the earliest pioneers of aviation up to the beginning of World War One. The companion volumes look at the lives of the key personalities who were important contributors, famous in their own time locally, nationally or internationally. Successful powered flight was the culmination of…

In 1954, nineteen-year-old Mike Zrymiak drove into Regina to follow a whim and enlist in the RCAF. Three decades later, he retired as commander of CFB Edmonton, after a career that saw him flying Harvards to Cosmopolitans, nervous students to royalty. It was also the Cold War, which meant postings to Europe where he often…