Description
Rare vintage Canadian Pilot Log Book published by Leavens Bros. Limited in Toronto ON. Mid century collectible transportation and aviation books and memorabilia. Leavens Bros were a supplier of motor cars, boats and aircraft. The firm has an entry in Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame
By 1938 their flying school was the biggest in Canada and acquired a distributorship for Taylorcraft airplanes. By the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Leavens Brothers had flying schools at Barker Airport, at Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport (Toronto Island Airport), Walker Airport at Windsor, Ontario, and at Larder Lake in northern Ontario. A year later the facilities at Barker Field were devoted entirely as an overhaul depot for RCAF training aircraft. In November, 1940 Leavens Brothers began operating No. 4 Air Observer School at London, Ontario, for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Avro Ansons were used to train air force navigators with some 60 Leavens pilots and a dozen or more RCAF pilots flying the aircraft for the trainees.
