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Part Three: Hawker Tempest II MW376 Restoration Project at KF Aerospace

By Matt Stone|2022-02-03T12:08:21-08:00October 6th, 2021|Hawker Tempest Restoration|

The team tackles the hydraulics system on the Hawker and the project becomes a true family affair for KF Aerospace founder Barry Lapointe.

Update: July 2021 – the Centre is coming together!

By Matt Stone|2022-02-03T12:45:03-08:00August 4th, 2021|Construction Updates|

Wow! What a difference a month makes. In our May/June 2021 construction update for the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence, we showed you the foundation going in and the first unique design elements arriving on site. Now just ...

Update: May/ June 2021

By Matt Stone|2022-02-03T12:48:13-08:00June 30th, 2021|Construction Updates|

Following our official groundbreaking in March, construction on the Centre for Excellence has been heating up (along with the weather). Not only have we seen much of the foundation put in along with sanitary and electrical rough-ins, but some ...

Return of the Odyssey 86

By Matt Stone|2022-02-03T12:42:34-08:00April 15th, 2021|Uncategorized|

Classic aircraft comes home The KF Aerospace facility in Kelowna had a very special arrival on April 11, 2021. A DC-3 - the same one that KF founder Barry Lapointe flew around the world on a publicity ...

Hawker Tempest Restoration Project: Watch Part One

By Matt Stone|2022-02-03T13:11:51-08:00January 12th, 2021|Uncategorized|

A lifelong aviation enthusiast, KF Aerospace founder and CEO Barry Lapointe is on a mission to restore a WWII-era Hawker Tempest II and get it back in the air. In part I, we meet Barry, the Tempest and the ...