About the author, Ken Kalynuk

 About Ken Kalynuk

Ken's latest WWII model, a 83" wingspan Spitfire Mk.IX in RCAF 402 Squadron markings.

Born as a farmboy near Angusville, Manitoba, I was drawn to aviation at a very early age and would buy a balsa airplane model when ever I could.

I planned to join the RCAF after high school, however my father, a WWII army veteran encouraged me to go to college instead. I graduated with a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology in 1976 and worked in the geotechnical engineering field for 40 years. Our daughters arrived in 1978 and 1982 so any airforce plans were suspended. R/C model airplanes and numerous aviation events kept my aviation passion lit while family and work kept me busy with life.

if you want to go r/c flying then you shall take Kelly with you, 1979.

1984 - Gimli airhow, sitting in Mr. Bob Hoover's P-51D Mustang

In 2009, I obtained my Glider Pilot license, soaring was very special to me however aeromodelling had a stronger hold on me and I focused on aeromodelling and aviation history.

2014, I helped Wilf Ansell, a aeromodelling friend on his Saunders ST-28 model airplane project, as I researched more into Saunders Aircraft, I knew that  Saunders Aircraft was a good aviation story that needed to be shared with all. Thus the Saunders Aircraft Research Project & future book was started.

Wilf Ansell with Saunders ST-28 model at the Gimli airport.

Now, I've retired from work and enjoy time with my two grandsons.

I have the best of both, play with them or play with r/c airplanes, plus I have more time to finish the Saunders Aircraft research and book.

Ken with Edison and Lennox at the Gimli r/c field, 2017