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Our Mission: To honour those individuals and organizations that have made outstanding Contributions to aviation and aerospace in Canada; and to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret artifacts and documents, thereby inspiring and educating Canadians. “Unselfishly they led the way”.
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Our Mission: To honour those individuals and organizations that have made outstanding Contributions to aviation and aerospace in Canada; and to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret artifacts and documents, thereby inspiring and educating Canadians. “Unselfishly they led the way”
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Located at Reynolds-Alberta Museum Wetaskiwin, Alberta www.cahf.ca
Aviation is a major feature at Reynolds-Alberta Museum with aircraft displayed and Canada’s Hall of Fame
Individual Members Portraits by Irma Coucill Billy Bishop Jock Palmer Buzz Buerling Marion Orr Jan Zurokowski
Individual Members Portraits by Irma Coucill Robert Hampton Gray Moretta Riley Marc Garneau Max Ward Elmer Fullerton
Individual Members Vera Dowling Wop May Russ Bannock Portraits by Irma Coucill Rosella Bjornson William Archibald
Individual Members Silver Dart first flight, Baddeck NS, February 23, 1909 Alexander Graham Bell Portraits by Irma Coucill F.W. “Casey” Baldwin John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
Silver Dart replica at the Reynolds Alberta Museum J.A.D. McCurdy at the controls
Belt of Orion Members Belt of Orion Award of Excellence honours organizations, groups, societies And associations Canadian Association of Aviation Artists Avro Anson, by Geoff Bennett Katherine Stinson’s Curtiss Special, by Jim Bruce
Belt of Orion Members Canadian Association of Aviation Artists Martin Mars, by Helene Girard Snowbirds, by Colin Bowley
“Unselfishly they led the way” Four individuals to be inducted to CAHF in 2010 are: Redford Henry “Red” Mulock (1886-1961) Vi Milstead Warren (1919 -) Willy Laserich (1932-2007) Julie Payette (1963 -)
Lt. RH Mulock, RNAS 1915 Col. RH Mulock, RAF 1918 A/C RH Mulock, CBE, DSO
Avro 504 in First World War, and In flight Click image to start video
Vi Milstead Warren, Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot, flew 47 types of aircraft, single and multi-engine, including fighter aircraft, trainers and bombers during the Second World War. P-51 Mustang in flight Click box to start video
Vi Milstead Warren with Harvard, before flying with Air Transport Auxiliary Spitfire and Hurricane flypast. (both were types flown by Vi) Click image to start video
Willy Laserich founded Adlair Aviation Ltd., flying from bush Planes to jets, and over 3,000 medevac flights and over 100 search and rescue operations.
Aircraft flown today by Adlair Aviation from Cambridge Bay and Yellowknife include Beaver, Twin Otter, Beechcraft King Air 200, and Lear 25B jet. King Air 200 in flight Click image to start video
Julie Payette, astronaut with Canadian Space Agency Since 1992, with 25 days in space with space shuttles Discovery and Endeavor. Julie Payette speaking about her 2009 flight Click box to start video
37th Annual Induction Dinner & Ceremony at the River Rock Casino and Hotel Vancouver BC June 10, 2010 For information and tickets Contact CAHF at www.cahf.ca Tel. 780-361-1351, ext. 241 cahf@telusplanet.net