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Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD
@planecrashgirl.bsky.social
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Airplane archaeologist (NL focused, 1920s-1940s aviation mostly), researcher, author (fiction and non-fiction), cat lover, crafter, ballroom dance instructor, explorer, and all about all things Newfoundland and Labrador history, heritage, and culture.
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Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD @planecrashgirl.bsky.social · Apr 9
Happy to say that mine and Nelson Sherren's book, Their Sturdy Pride, is now available! Explore Nelson's history of RCAF Torbay (now #YYT), the archaeology of two #Newfoundland crash sites, and both of our work searching for the Oiseau Blanc on the Cape shore. #aviation
www.amazon.ca/dp/1774781395
The cover of a book. The background is red and across the middle is a picture of an aircraft in a snowy setting. Across the top, in white letters, reads: Their Sturdy Pride: RCAF Torbay History and Aviation Mysteries of Newfoundland and Labrador. Under the image, again in white, reads: Lisa M. Daly, PhD, Nelson J. Sherren, CD.
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Lest We Forget

Wreath laying at the Newfoundland War Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Park, July 1, 1926

(In Newfoundland and Labrador, we honour those who served on both Remembrance Day and on July 1st, Memorial Day)
From PANL Item A 11-168
A black and white photo of Governor William Lamond Allardyce laying wreath at the Memorial to the Missing. Governor and Lady Allardyce visited Newfoundland Memorial Park in 1926, and laid wreaths at the memorial. Allardyce was governor of Newfoundland (1922 to 1928). The Memorial features large bronze plaques that list the war dead of WWI of Newfoundland and Labrador. The plaques are in a stone wall. Behind the wall is a rocky hill and at the top is a bronze statue of a caribou, the emblem for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. There is a man placing a large Wreath in front of the names of the war dead.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Up She Rises! A public forum presented by @nlhistorical.bsky.social about women and gender in Newfoundland and Labrador Historical is happening this weekend.
A free event in person at @memorialu.bsky.social or online. To attend, visit the NLHS website here: www.nlhistory.ca/program/
An image of a speaker in a lecture hall. On the screen behind the speaker is a mostly blue screen with yellow and orange images of women along the left side of the screen. Over the images is the title, in blue on a while square, it reads Up She Rises in big letters. In front of the screen, standing at a podium with the Memorial University logo is a woman in a while shirt.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
I could certainly see this. I won't buy a pair of shoes until I'm sure I can do at least and underarm turn in them. Might even practice some bigger turns if @shannonkgreen.bsky.social is with me.
On that note, registration for Ballroom Dance classes start soon with the City of St. John's, NL.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24d
if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Harmon Field Aerodrome: It is from this location, in Newfoundland, where the airplanes and ground teams left to aid victims of the aviation accident that cost 39 people their lives in Stephenville, Newfoundland, a couple of days ago. Sadly all of the crew and passengers died before help arrived.
A newspaper clipping of an image of an airfield. There are two hangars on the left side of the image, one behind the other, with domed rooves. On the right side of the image, a number of aircraft are lined up perpendicular to the hangars, noses pointed away from the photographer. In the background are the hills that surround much of Stephenville and the airport. The caption translation is in the post text, and under the image, on the black paper of the scrapbook, L'Evenement Journal Oct. 11/46 is written in silver.
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Youth Heritage Report 2025 Released

Young people in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeking greater professional-level employment opportunities in the heritage and cultural industries, according to a newly-released report. The study, co-authored by Heritage NL, the Association of NL Archives, and…
Youth Heritage Report 2025 Released
Young people in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeking greater professional-level employment opportunities in the heritage and cultural industries, according to a newly-released report. The study, co-authored by Heritage NL, the Association of NL Archives, and the Museum Association of NL, is based on a series of surveys, a youth-centred forum held in March of 2025, and suggestions from the province’s new Youth Heritage Committee.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
I'm turning this presentation into a paper to be published this winter. Details soon.
The presentation about fire in St John's referenced below can be found in the current issue of NQ (Newfoundland Quarterly) as the @nlhistorical.bsky.social Aspects article. It's a great read.
planecrashgirl.bsky.social Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD @planecrashgirl.bsky.social · May 2
Had a good session at @can-arch.bsky.social this morning, but had to rush home to help with a broken bathroom pipe.
The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.
A picture of a power point cover slide. The background is dark green with a light green band on the right. The title, in light yellow reads Harbour Buffett and the US Navy Hudson Bomber, The Impact of an Aicraft Crash on a Community (I really tried to avoid a pun, but couldn't figure out a better word). By Lisa M. Daly and Neil Burgess. Next to the names, to the left, is a picture of a piece of metal underwater mostly covered by silt.
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Happy Amelia Earhart Day!
Today we celebrate her achievements that echo through the generations.
✈️❤️
July 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
I found some writings regarding the Oiseau blanc and the search for Nungesser and Coli in Newfoundland. This map shows the ships that were asked to ask at every coastal stop about any sightings or information about the missing aviators (routes are the coloured markings).
A map of the island of Newfoundland from 1927. Along the coast, from Notre Dame Bay and all along the coast moving east, then south, and west along the south coast to Port aux Basque, there are colored lines indicating the ports of call for various ships who stopped at many of the communities along the coast asking about the missing aviators, Nungesser and Coli and the Oiseau Blanc.
July 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Loved the clouds over the Cape Spear lighthouse yesterday. #NewfoundlandandLabrador
A picture that is mostly sky. The clouds fill the sky, but they are very light and the sky can be seen through much of the clouds. At the bottom of the picture is an old lighthouse. It's a short building with six dark windows on the visible side and a tower coming up from the middle of the building with a red and white striped dome. There is a white fence along the left side of the picture, and a couple of people visible.
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Reposted by Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD
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If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.
A screencap of Academia.edu's Account Settings under the header "AI Settings" showing their AI-enhanced Outputs feature is automatically turned on with a green switch unless you turn it off and do your part to de-enshittify the internet.
June 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Throwback to when I worked at the The Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum, a community museum in NL, and wrote this article for their (now defunct) blog. I also included it on my own blog, which was lucky because it means I still have a copy of it to share!
planecrashgirl.ca/2017/06/24/l...
A black and white photo from a newspaper featuring a number of men on ice and snow. All of then men are searing hats of different styles, and all have different implements for traveling on ice, such a skis, ropes, and sticks/poles. They are part of the rescue effort trying to save men who were lost on the ice off Logy Bay, Newfoundland.
June 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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doubtisthewayout.bsky.social
Special thanks to @planecrashgirl.bsky.social for her insight on TIGHAR and thanks to @cultarchaeo.bsky.social for recommending her to me.
June 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
I just realized that filming for Land and Sea's Fallen War Birds episode, and filming for 39-45 en sol canadien's L’invasion amicale de Terre-Neuve episode last year happened just about a decade apart!
Both are available online, links below!
A purple background with what looks like two Polaroid pictures (pictures with white borders and a thicker white area at the bottom). The photo on the left is of three people standing on the left side of the image. One person has a video camera on a tripod. A woman in light colours is interviewing a man dressed in dark colours. On the right side of the scene is a man crouched down with the audio equipment. All around the people are the remains of a crashed aircraft. Crumpled aluminum can be seen in the foreground and a large piece of aircraft aluminum in the background. Under the picture reads June 3, 2014. The picture to the right is taken through a rusted gate of four people in the sunshine. It is dark in the foreground. None of the people are looking at the camera, but seem to be discussing something. The picture was taken inside the entrance to an underground tunnel in Argentia and the entrance is in ruins. Under the photo reads June 13, 2024.
June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
A great job opportunity with @heritagenl.bsky.social and @nlhistorical.bsky.social collecting stories and scanning documents about women and gender diverse folk in Newfoundland and Labrador. Must be EI eligible, deadline June 6, 2025.
All the details are here: www.ichblog.ca/2025/05/job-...
A black and white photo of a woman wearing a dark dress and hat stands in a doorway. Behind her is another woman, also in dark clothing, smiling. Next to the first woman, the focal point, is a sign that reads Vote for Julia - She Won't Tool Ya! The image is of Julia Salter Earle during the 1925 municipal election campaign.
May 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
That great feeling when you finish a draft paper to send for the first round of editing. In the next couple of years, I'll see this latest paper published with some other great aeronautical archaeologists.
Next project, turning my recent conference paper into an article.
Image: RCAF Lodestar 557
An image of aircraft wreckage near the edge of a forest. The front of the wreckage is very wet with an engine in the centre of the wet area. Many smaller pieces can be just seen over the water. Behind the engine is a mess of aircraft pieces, mostly very damaged and difficult to recognize. Behind all of this is a large piece of fuselage aluminum. In the background, to the right, is a surveyor’s level.
May 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Great news! The Amelia Earhart statue in Harbour Grace will be replaced. Pam Parsons, MHA for the district, made the announcement.
Also note, Earhart is one of three (soon four) statues that represent named women in the province, another reason to replace the statue.
A screenshot of a Facebook post of test by Pam Parsons. It reads: #HarbourGracePortDeGraveDistrict #NewfoundlandAndLabrador I am very pleased to announce $50,000 on behalf of the Office of women and gender equality, government of Newfoundland and Labrador to the Town of Harbour Grace towards the building of a replacement statue of Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart Statue Announcement, Harbour Grace, May 8, 2025 The theft of the Amelia Earhart statue was a loss not just to the town of Harbour Grace, but to all who value courage, history, and the pioneering spirit she represents. Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to make a non-stop, solo transatlantic flight which began in Harbour Grace in May 1932 Pleased to announce $50,000 to the Town of Harbour Grace towards the building of a replacement statue of American Amelia Earhart. Funding will help initiate the planning to replace the statue stolen from the Spirit of Harbour Grace Park late April 2025. Once the Town has a project plan in place, the funding will be provided over two years starting with $25,000 in 2025-26. Replacing it with the support of Government funding is a powerful statement that we will not allow acts of disrespect to erase our shared heritage, reminding future generations that bold dreams can take flight from even the smallest places. The Amelia Earhart statue in Harbour Grace is one of the three statues named after women in Newfoundland and Labrador. The others include Shawnadithit in Boyd's Cove and Demasduit in Botwood and St. John's. A fourth statue of Amrine Gosling, who led the right for women to vote and hold pu lic office will be unveiled at Bannerman Park in June 2025.
May 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Hopefully the statue is found and repaired so it can continue to be a favourite roadside attraction. It is a great monument to all of the flights out of Harbour Grace in the 1920s and 1930s.
cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · May 6
Amelia Earhart Statue (Harbour Grace, NL):

Known as the Spirit of Harbour Grace, the statue honours Earhart who left from Harbour Grace on May 20, 1932 to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The plane behind the statue was built in 1943.
(I'm aware the statue was stolen last week).
The photo shows a bronze statue of Amelia Earhart standing on a stone pedestal in a grassy park. She’s depicted in a pilot’s outfit, with a determined expression. Behind her is a vintage airplane, likely a Douglas DC-3, on display. A plaque at the base reads "Amelia Earhart," and the background features a scenic landscape with hills and trees. The image is credited to Thomas Shull, 2021.
May 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
Had a good session at @can-arch.bsky.social this morning, but had to rush home to help with a broken bathroom pipe.
The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.
A picture of a power point cover slide. The background is dark green with a light green band on the right. The title, in light yellow reads Harbour Buffett and the US Navy Hudson Bomber, The Impact of an Aicraft Crash on a Community (I really tried to avoid a pun, but couldn't figure out a better word). By Lisa M. Daly and Neil Burgess. Next to the names, to the left, is a picture of a piece of metal underwater mostly covered by silt.
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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April 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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On this day 100 years ago, women of Newfoundland, then a Dominion of Britain (now Newfoundlandand Labrador, Canada) fought for and won the right to vote and hold public office.

Go suffragettes, we bow to you!

www.gov.nl.ca/releases/202...
Provincial Government Acknowledges Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote and Hold Public Office - News Releases
On April 3, 1925, women in what was then known as the Dominion of Newfoundland gained the right to vote and hold public office for the first time. This was made possible after years of campaigning by ...
www.gov.nl.ca
April 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
This winter, I have learned to use a sewing machine! Thanks @shannonkgreen.bsky.social for the classes. While I won't have it ready for this tourism season, I had to buy this lighthouse fabric to make something for next season. (I work at the lighthouse that is most visible).
I'm thinking a skirt...
An image of a paper bag with the logo for East Coast Quilt Co. The logo is a square with four colored corners (burgundy, orange, green, yellow, clockwise from top left) and a black and white compass in the middle. The name is next to the square. Just above the logo sits some folded fabric. The background on the fabric is an ocean blue and it is covered in white and red lighthouses. The only lighthouse fully visible is a white house with a red and white dome. Next to the lighthouse fabric is a red fabric that matches the red accents on the lighthouses.
April 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
All of our dance classes are over until the fall. I love teaching, but the break is nice. By the time August rolls around, I'll be excited for dance to start up again!
In the meantime, I'm sure we'll find a dance floor or two over the summer! And maybe learn some new steps to share with our students
April 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
What should be another interesting lecture with @nlhistorical.bsky.social, in person or online here: bit.ly/4krFyWe.
All are welcome.
March 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
planecrashgirl.bsky.social
A nice interview about the designation of Father Green's House (the Priest's House) at Port au Port West, Felix Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. The associated church turns 100 this year, and is also a provincially designated building recognized by Heritage NL.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM