Welcome to the Manitoba Chapter
We feature a wide range of speakers at our monthly meetings. In the past, topics have included the Canadarm, Canadian UFO sightings, authors' signings, and a wide range of military and civil aviation history and current events. We also occasionally tour local aviation companies and facilities. Our meetings are open to CAHS national members and everyone interested in Canadian aviation history.
Meeting Information
Meetings: Last Thursday every month except June, July, August, and December.
Location: Western Canada Aviation Museum, Hangar T-2, 958 Ferry Road, Winnipeg
Time: 1900
Landing Fees: Free (collection taken for refreshments)
Annual Fees (includes newsletter): $0
Chapter Contact Information
Mailing Address: CAHS Manitoba
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c/o 819 Ashburn Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3G 3C8
(204) 293-5402
Photo - Executive of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society
(Left to Right) Jim Bell, President, Gord Watt, Member-at-Large, George Pasieka, Treasurer, Alan Parkin, Member-at-Large, Pat English, Membership, Bill Zuk, SecretaryMeeting Schedule
Please click on the calendar to see the 2013 meeting schedule.
Thursday May 30th and Friday May 31st, 2013
Films Take Flight 2Celebrating theNational Film Board's Aviation Films
Western Canada Aviation Museum
2nd Floor, 958 Ferry Road$5 Admission, popcorn and pop for sale
Please click on poster for more information.
Past Meetings 2012
January 2012
February 2012
March 2012Past Meetings 2013
March 21, 2013
Welcome to the Toronto Chapter!
With over 200 members from across North America and the U.K., seven monthly meetings featuring intriguing speakers, and an informative monthly newsletter, our chapter is active in the preservation and dissemination of aviation history in Canada. You’re invited to become a part of it!
Join us at our monthly meetings (location and map below) where you will enjoy 'hangar flying,' informative presentations, refreshments and the camaraderie of those who share your interest in aviation.
With your membership you will also get seven issues of our newsletter, FLYPAST, which includes write-ups of presentations, information on upcoming events, and aviation news of interest to our members. These newsletters are often illustrated with photos and specially-commissioned artwork.
Please check out our website and contact us with any questions. Hope to see you at our next meeting!
Meeting and Membership Information
Meeting: Meetings are held on every second Saturday. We meet in February, March, April, May and then start again in October, November and December. (we do not meet during the summer months or in January).
Location: Canadian Forces College 215 Yonge Blvd. at Wilson Avenue, Toronto
(Lt - Gen. Guy Simonds Auditorium – Ground Floor)
Transit: Wilson 96 Bus from the York Mills Subway Station
Time: 1300 hours
Landing Fee: $3 for refreshments
Please visit the Membership tab for information on joining the Toronto (YYZ) Chapter!
Chapter Contact Information
Mailing Address
Canadian Aviation Historical Society
Toronto Chapter
Suite 705
704 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2Y4
Websites:
www.cahs.ca/chapters/toronto (this page)
www.torontoaviationhistory.comJoin the Toronto Chapter!
Would you like to join the Toronto Chapter of the CAHS?
Annual Fee:
- All members requesting hard copy of Flypast Newsletter - $25.00
- Members requesting e-mail copies - Regular members - $20.00,
- Student - $10.00 ,
- Members currently serving in Canadian Armed Forces - $15.00
Please click on image to print off the Membership Registration Form to submit by Canada Post.Please note: This is ONLY for membership in the Toronto Chapter.
If you would also like to become a National member and receive the Journal, please click here for the CAHS membership page.
Upcoming Meeting Information - CAHS Toronto Chapter Meeting
When: Saturday April 13, 2013
Time: 13:00 hrs (1:00 P.M.)
Topic this month: "My Vampire Experiences"
Speaker: Col Gerry Gilroy CD, RCAF (Ret'd)
Location: Canadian Forces College, 215 Yonge Blvd. at Wilson Avenue Toronto
Lt. Gen Guy Simonds Auditorium – Ground FloorTransit: Wilson Bus 96 from the York Mills TTC Subway Station (3 mins.) A free parking lot is located adjacent to the College
Landing Fee: A "Landing Fee" of $3.00 will be charged.
Meeting Info: Bob Winson (416) 745 – 1462, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
All members of CAHS, Guests and aviation history enthusiasts are very welcome!
Welcome to the Vancouver Chapter!
Our chapter works to preserve the aviation history and heritage of the province of British Columbia. To achieve this, we hold monthly meetings that vary from guest speakers, slide shows, power point presentations, videos, and trivia quizzes. Come out, and enjoy an evening of entertainment and learning with fellow aviation enthusiasts of all ages!
Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: Second Tuesday of every month (except July, August, and statutory holidays)
Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Boulevard, Richmond, British Columbia (See Map)
Time: 1900 Hours
Landing Fee: $2
Annual Fee: $15
Chapters
The CAHS has nine chapters across Canada and each would love to see you at their next meeting, whether you’re a member, guest, or visitor!
Chapters regularly schedule speakers and presentations on a wide variety of aviation subjects, as well as book launches and organized tours to local aviation sites and events. Many also create newsletters available only to members.
A sense of community is an important part of your CAHS membership, but we’re only able to meet nationally once per year at the convention. For a nominal chapter or “landing” fee, though, you can enjoy the company of fellow aviation history buffs and learn about Canada’s fascinating history in the air all year round.
Find A Chapter Near You
 Calgary Chapter |
 New Brunswick Chapter |
 Regina Chapter |
 Manitoba Chapter |
 Ottawa Chapter |
 Toronto Chapter |
 Montreal Chapter |
 PEI Chapter |
 Vancouver Chapter |
Calgary Past Meetings PDFs
February 12, 2008
May 13, 2008
September 9, 2008
November 19, 2009
December 17, 2009
November 5, 2010
May 17, 2012
Welcome to the Regina Chapter!
Our chapter is named in honour of Roland Groome – the first commercial pilot in Canada, a member of the Royal Air Force in the First World War, and a founder of the Regina Flying Club – and we strive to represent all these areas of aviation!
To do this we’ve established ties with the Saskatchewan Aviation Council, the Airport Display Committee, and played a role in the launch of the Silver Dart stamp in 2009.
We also explore Saskatchewan’s rich and varied aviation history through our monthly meetings. These gatherings range from our popular film and photo nights to guest speakers from around the province and beyond. Past topics have included: military careers and continental air defense; international museum collections; radio-controlled aircraft races; civilian flying operations and entrepreneurs.
The monthly newsletter, Windsock, records these fascinating talks and events, and provides articles, announcements, and other notable aviation news.
We invite everyone to come out and enjoy an evening with fellow aviation enthusiasts.
For more information, please visit our website
Welcome to the Prince Edward Island Chapter!
Our chapter – the Carl F. Burke MBE Chapter – celebrates and promotes the history of aviation in Prince Edward Island.
We hold four meetings, two in Charlottetown and two in Summerside, each year.
Our meetings have speakers on a variety of subjects: from wartime experiences, to airport procedures, to air traffic control, we are interested in it all. We also discuss some of our recent trips, upcoming aviation events and air shows, and work on projects such as the preservation of the Argus, Tracker, and Voodoo aircraft at the Slemon Park Entry Road.
Recording the history of the province is also important, and we do that with our chapter newsletters which not only include meeting minutes, but the histories of Charlottetown and Summerside Airports and their RAF/RCAF connections. We have also produced the history of Mount Pleasant air base and that of the RCAF at Tignish.
If you want to be a part of our meetings, projects, and written histories, please contact us!
Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: First Saturday of March, June, September, December
Location: AFAC Wing in Summerside in June and December; and Charlottetown Airport Terminal in March and September.
Time: 1400 Hours
Landing Fee: Free
Annual Fee (includes newsletter): $20
Contact Information
Mailing address
CAHS PEI
11 Glen Stewart Drive, Apt. 7
Stratford, Prince Edward Island
C1B 2R8Upcoming Meeting Information
To be announced
Please click on link below to open up the Newsletter
Welcome to the New Brunswick Chapter!
Our chapter was formed in 1996 in Saint John but as we are a small province, we rotate our meetings between the cities of Fredericton, Moncton, and Saint John.
While we only hold four monthly meetings, we are a very active group in our communities. Our members volunteer to clean and spruce up aviation displays and memorial cairns; lobby for recognition of historical aviation sites; and erect plaques to inform the public of significant aviation sites.
One of our chapter’s objectives has been to display New Brunswick’s civil, commercial and military aviation history to the public free of charge. This led us to partner with the Greater Moncton International Airport to create the Don McClure Aviation Gallery in the airport terminal in 2003. We also worked with the Saint John Airport to complete a photographic display of the history of the province’s airports, past and present.
Saint John members are also active in promoting aviation history within two local schools: M. Gerald Teed and Millidgeville North. Both of these have aviation history displays and an educational outreach program in the Millidgeville North School introduces three classes of Grade 5 students to the Theory of Flight, Women in Aviation, History of Aviation in New Brunswick, and early Airmail flying in Canada. As part of their school work each spring, students prepare either an aviation art or essay project for judging by the chapter’s members. Prizes are awarded at a pizza party and a field trip is made to tour the airport facilities.
If you are interested in joining our group, becoming involved in some of these activities, or just talking aviation history, please get in touch with us by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Mailing Address
CAHS New Brunswick
346 Summit Drive
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2J 3M2Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: Quarterly, on Saturdays in September, November, March, and June. Contact Jim Sulis for exact meeting information
Location: Meetings rotate between --- Moncton at the Flight College;
- Fredericton at the Wilmot United Church Hall; and
- Saint John at the Atlantic Flight Centre (Saint John Airport).
Time: 1400 Hours
Landing Fee: $2 for refreshments
Annual Fee (includes newsletter): $20The next meeting of the Turnbull Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society will take place at the Provincial Archives of NB, UNB Fredericton campus, on Saturday, April 6. This free meeting begins at 2pm and lasts about one hour.
The speaker at this meeting with be Chapter Director Harold E. Wright. He will speak about a New Brunswick female pilot who went on to both national and international acclaim. This presentation will be a repeat of one presented by another speaker at the 2012 national aviation history conference held in Saint John last September.
Gina Jordan of Saint John, was the second woman pilot to fly with Mission Aviation Fellowship. She flew both as a pilot and flight instructor in Africa from 1982 until 1994, She later served on the Board of Directors of Mission Aviation Fellowship until 2001. She was awarded the Flight Operations/Maintenance Award from the Mission Aviation Fellowship in 2012.
Gina learned to fly at the Clover Valley airport in Saint John with the Fundy Flying Club in 1952. She later obtained her Instructor rating in 1959 and began her flight instruction career. She opened her own advanced flying school in Calgary in 1970, specializing in commercial pilot training. She went to California in 1982 to complete advanced training in order to qualify as pilot on overseas missionary flights for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).
Gina was the first Canadian female pilot to achieve the Airline Transport Rating (ATR). She retired from her flight career with over 17,000 flying hours. Gina has retired to her home in Saint John.
The Turnbull Chapter has four meetings a year; two in Saint John, one in Moncton and the fourth in Fredericton. The Chapter's mandate is to preserve the history of New Brunswick aviation.
For information about the presentation, contact the undersigned at 639-4435.
For information about the Turnbull Chapter, email the President, Jim Sulis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please relay this notice to your co-workers in Fredericton.
Harold E. Wright
Winter 2011
Fall 2011
Welcome to the Montreal Chapter!
The Montreal Chapter is a crossroads where aviation veterans and aviation enthusiasts can meet.
Many of our members are involved in researching and writing history or had a front row seat to it. Others have no aviation background but want to know more about aviation, its history and its impact on Québec and Canada. Everyone is welcome – visitors and guests included!
Montreal has been one of the main centers of the Canadian aviation industry for years, and our chapter is ideally located to participate in and record this history. Every month we feature a keynote speaker and because we follow a mid-day format (1100-1300 hours), we now include a small lunch: sandwiches, veggies, cookies, coffee and bottled water.
Come and be a part of our community!
Mailing Address
CAHS Montreal
101 Oakland Road
Beaconsfield, Quebec
H9W 5C8Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: Third Thursday every month (except December, June, July, August)
Location: Point Claire Royal Canadian Legion, 365 St Louis Ave, Pointe Claire (Between Sources and St John)
Time: 1100 Hours
Landing Fee: $5 for lunch
Annual Fee: $20This includes 6 annual chapter newsletters, L’Avion. Click here to see past issues.
Download PDF Membership Registration Form
Join the Montreal Chapter!
Would you like to join the Montreal Chapter of the CAHS? Our annual membership fee is $20 CAD per year.
Register with us online today! Fill out a short form and make your payment with PayPal.
Please note: This is ONLY for membership in the Montreal Chapter. If you would also like to become a national member and receive the Journal, please click here.
David Walker, retired Air Canada pilot and manager, will speak at the May 16 meeting of the Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society. His topic will be the development of regulations concerning trans-oceanic flights.
Meeting starts at 11:00 and is at 365 St. Louis Ave., in Pointe Claire.
Voluntary contribution of $5.00 is requested to cover the light lunch provided. Anyone interested in the history of civil or military aviation is welcome. For further information call 514-481-8786.
Link of the Month
CAHS AGM in Montreal (Saint Anne de Bellevue) June 2 - 5, 2010 All photos taken by Christian Aubert, Dick Pickering, Blair Burns and Gary Williams are now available on the Link of the month! Check it out and download your photo.
LINK OF THE MONTHLinks to Aviation sites in Montreal/Québec
Welcome to the Calgary Chapter
The Calgary Chapter of the CAHS is currently representing the province of Alberta and its rich aerial history and heritage. The Chapter hosts dynamic monthly speakers whose expertise range from early airlines and civil flying tasks, to economic impact and aircraft industries, to spying, nuclear weapons, and defence policy. At the Calgary Chapter of the CAHS, there is always something to capture the interests of all aviation enthusiasts.
Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: Third Thursday of each month.
Location: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Art Smith Aero Centre, 1916 McCall Landing N.E., Calgary (airport campus)
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
Landing Fee: Free
Annual Fee: $ 0
Chapter Contact Information
Mailing Address
CAHS Calgary
#1021, 3235 - 56 Street N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T1Y 2X7Thursday, May 16, 2013 - Blackbirds
Speaker: Gary RyanSAIT Art Smith Aero Centre
1916 McCall Landing NE, Calgary
7:00 p.m.Upcoming Meeting Information:
2013 List of Speakers:
21 February 2013 Tim Johnston - A Virtual Flight through History: The Daily Diaries of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
21 March 2013 Anne Gafiuk - Me and Mister Jones.
18 April 2013 Dave Lefurgey - Bob Niven: the Spitfire Years, 1939 - 1940.
16 May 2013 Gary Ryan - Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII.
Welcome to the Ottawa Chapter
Formed in 1964, the CAHS Ottawa Chapter has more than 250 members today, some of whom live outside the region.
CAHS Ottawa Chapter meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month from September through May (except December) in the Bush Theatre of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe Airport, and feature guest speakers, films, slide shows, book signings, and visits to the restoration workshops of the Museum. Speakers present both first-person accounts and researched papers covering all historical periods and aspects of aviation. Recent talks have dealt with the Canadian use of specific military and civil aircraft, squadron and company histories, and the noteworthy aviation experiences of people from the Ottawa-area. Visitors are always welcome.
We also have a Research and Projects Group that meets monthly. These are very informal gatherings, where members show their current and historic aircraft slides and videos or outline some of their research interests. Again meetings are open to anyone and new faces are always welcome.
Our annual membership fees include receipt of eight issues of the newsletter, the Observair. The Observair provides a summary of each formal meeting. It also presents short historical articles and notes by members, informs members of aviation events in the Ottawa-area, offers news and reviews of aviation books, as well as notice of other articles of aviation or historical interest. Many of the our members from outside the National Capital area have joined just to receive this newsletter.
New members will be sure to meet others who share their interests in this large and diverse chapter. We make a special effort to ensure that new members are made welcome. Please join us and see for yourself!
Chapter Meetings
Date: The last Thursday of the month from September through May (except December)
Location: Bush Theatre, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe Airport
Time: 1930 hours
Landing Fee: $1 for refreshments
Chapter Contact Information
Mailing Address
CAHS Ottawa
728 Thicket Way
Orléans, ON K4A 3B6Ottawa Chapter Registration Form
Download PDF Membership Registration Form
Research and Projects Group
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month (including the summer)
Location: Board Room (Room 221) of the Administration Annex to CASM
Time: 1900 Hours
Upcoming Meeting Information
When: Thursday, 23 May 2013Time: 1930 hours
Where: Bush Theatre, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe Airport
Landing Fee: $1.00 for Coffee and Donuts
Title: Voices of the Museum
Guest Speaker: Stephen Quick, Director General of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, with Sydney Baker reveal rough cuts from the Museum's latest documentary film production profiling Sydney and his long aviation career in Britain and Canada. A question and answer session with Sydney will follow. The May meeting will also include the CAHS Ottawa Chapter's Annual General Business Meeting and Election of Officers. Visitors and guests are welcome.
