Boundary Bay Airshow
The Museum was in attendance at the Boundary Bay Airshow on Saturday, July 16. The morning showers gave way to great airshow weather and a crowd of spectators. The Museum had three aircraft on display - the Fleet Canuck and the SE5a were flown in early in the day. The Sopwith Camel replica was assembled on site. The sales booth did a brisk business with plenty of souvenirs, T-shirts and coffee mugs available.
The WWI Camel fighter has two machine guns just in front of the pilot. But it also has a propellor in front of the pilot. How did the pilot avoid shooting the propellor off the aircraft when he fired the guns? This was a lively topic for our volunteers to answer!
Check out the Camel at:
The Camel being assembled by the crew.
The sales booth staff swung into action.
The Camel provides a perfect backdrop for the junior aviators.
The 'heavy iron' fighters and trainers await their turn at performing.
Canada Day, July 1

On Canada Day, the Museum unveiled a new display called “Aviation and the Crown – A Flight through History.” As we are an aviation museum, it seemed natural for us to explore the ways in which aviation has supported Queen Elizabeth as she connects with Canadians. As aviation has evolved, royal tours have been able to evolve as well, making it less taxing for the Queen to cross our vast country, and making it possible for her to include smaller and more remote communities on he visits. Particularly northern communities.
Unveiling the display panels.


The warm sunny weather made viewing the aircraft on display a pleasure.
The 'junior' crowd chose aircraft more fitting for their age...
The Canadian Museum of Flight takes particular pride in making it possible for all segments of our community to have an enjoyable and educational outing. In this instance, we are most pleased to recognize the support of Heritage Canada towards making that feasible.




Canada Day, July 1

Unveiling the display panels.


George Miller
Longtime Langley pilot, George Miller, hung up his helmet after 68 years at the controls of an aircraft. The 87-year-old Miller ended his career by flying across the country to the Chatham, New Brunswick airport in his Ryan Navion.
May 23, Victoria Day


Annual General Meeting
Time to visit

Spring time


Tour Guides/Docents
Robert Gillcash has stuck up his hand to be our lead tour guide/docent for our general public tours. Thank you, Robert!
Robert says: “I have taken on the role of Lead Tour Guide and the first step I am doing is recruiting a lot of tour guides. Giving tours is a lot of fun, I really enjoy meeting our guests, talking to them, and even helping them learn a lot about our airplanes and how they work.
If you are even slightly interested in doing this, please contact either myself or Bruce Friesen, at the museum.
In addition to recruiting volunteers, I will also be arranging instructions, so you'll know what to say and show along the route. Finally, I'll be arranging schedules for the Tour Guides, so that we have a good amount of guides available on weekends and for private tours. Please give some serious thought to helping our wonderful little museum grow to its fullest potential.”
Please do!


Remembering Rose Zalesky
With profound sadness, the Directors and Members of the Canadian Museum of Flight Association note the passing of Rose Zalesky.
Rose holds a special place in our hearts as her character and commitment were fundamental to the success of our venture. In the 1970s, Rose, along with her late husband Ed Zalesky and three others, had the vision to protect and preserve our aviation heritage. And the organizational skills to collect and document most of what we now so proudly present to the public.
Rose invested many thousands of hours in the administration and management of our collections and of our organization. The evidence of her huge contribution of time, energy and skill resides in our corporate records. In our archives is an immense body of correspondence between Rose and donors, buyers, sellers and CMFT (as it was then) members. Each communication was personal, personable, positive, constructive and professional.
At this time of reflection, each of us is keenly aware that we are standing on the broad and strong foundation to which Rose contributed so much, as we strive to do our bit towards Rose’s passion: “Bringing British Columbia’s aviation past into the future.”
Remembering Rose Zalesky

Press
Restoration News

Donations of old photographs
Unfortunately, sometimes the person leaves before contact information is gathered and we have no way of tracing the story behind the photos.
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)
