Profile of Frank Tibbo

Biography

Frank Tibbo is a former aviation industry worker, and a local historian. He lives in Gander.

All articles of Frank Tibbo

• First space woman
  Don’t look for the name Tereshkova on one of Gander street signs or for that matter don’t look for Gargarin. Both are ...
• Aviation
  In 1938, he graduated from Grand Bank United Church Academy with honours, topping his class in every subject. He went on to Memorial University ...
• Aviation
  It happened Sept. 27, 1940, during the Battle of Britian, when a newly-minted German bomber was shot down by a combination of anti-aircraft fire ...
• Aviation
  Russell Bannock seemed to come on the aviation scene at the right time. It was just before the Second World War that he earned his commercial ...
• Aviation
  One would think he’d be ‘flying’ a desk and delegating the saving of lives to subordinates. Searching for lost aircraft or personnel and ...
• Aviation
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• Flight of the bumble bee
  Aviation - Aeronautical theory espoused until relatively recent times conclude that bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly. On the other hand, ...
• Henri Coanda
  Aviation - Many people believe that the Germans were the first to develop and fly a jet. It was during the Second World War that the Germans ...
• R.A.J. Warneford, V.C
  Aviation - The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration which is, or has been, awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to ...
• Female population - one
  Aviation - One woman, that was the total female population in 1938. She was the wife of Flight Lieutenant Charles M. Brant, officer in charge of ...
• Gander's firecracker
  Aviation - During the first few months of the First World War, it became obvious that flying machines used for observing enemy positions would be ...
• Flying nude
  "Would you like another drink sir?" I was flying Business Class and it was the hostess. As one fellow put it, the booze was running like a ...
• Fifty dollars a lot
  Aviation - During the 1950s, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation developed a municipal plan for the Local Improvement District of Gander. ...
• Newfoundland and WW I aviation
  Aviation - In 1915, Great Britain needed more aircraft in order to combat the menace of German aircraft that were bombing its cities. "Again it ...
• Local heroes
  Aviation - I think the question was something along the line of who did I consider to be the local aviation heroes who had Gander streets named ...
• Unscheduled landing stampedes cows
  Aviation - It was June 29, 1912, and air races were popular. If a pilot couldn't get a sponsor for a race, the next best thing was to make a bet ...
• Hague Convention banned bombing
  Will Rogers: "You can't say civilization doesn't advance - for in every war, they kill you in a new way." The sardonic quote of Rogers, who ...
• The Conche crash
  Aviation - No matter where you lived as a youngster in the early 1940s, an aircraft generated tons of curiosity and excitement. Now, suppose ...
• The wife did it
  Aviation - It wasn't the butler who did the dastardly deed this time, it was the wife. The wife in this case was married to a pilot and decided ...
• Gander Mutual Benefit Society
  Aviation - In1946, there was a large exodus of military personnel from Gander. The war had come to an end in the previous year, and the soldiers ...
• Gander Mutual Benefit Society
  Aviation - In1946, there was a large exodus of military personnel from Gander. The war had come to an end in the previous year, and the soldiers ...
• Jet man
  Aviation - It seems there's no end to aviation records or feats or whatever one may wish to call certain aviation accomplishments. This story ...
• Jet man
  Aviation - It seems there's no end to aviation records or feats or whatever one may wish to call certain aviation accomplishments. This story ...
• Stowaways
  Aviation - Shortly after the First World War, the U.S. Navy announced that it would establish a record for the most people ever to fly on an ...
• Stowaways
  Aviation - Shortly after the First World War, the U.S. Navy announced that it would establish a record for the most people ever to fly on an ...
• Union East
  It only exists now in people's memories, but Union East was an adjacent community east of Gander Airport, which was resettled, not by Joey ...
• Union East
  It only exists now in people's memories, but Union East was an adjacent community east of Gander Airport, which was resettled, not by Joey ...
• Gander history, 1940
  Early in 1940, a detachment of Canadian Army Engineers arrived to set up camps for the Black Watch regiment who were to form the first defense ...
• Gander history, 1940
  Early in 1940, a detachment of Canadian Army Engineers arrived to set up camps for the Black Watch regiment who were to form the first defense ...
• Houdini was an Aviation Pioneer
  Aviation - Harry Houdini's name is known all over the world. He was the greatest escape artist of all time, but few know that his name is ...