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RELAY BY VINTAGE AIRCRAFT
CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF POWERED FLIGHT IN CANADA
Greenwood, NS. - 2009 marks the
100th Anniversary of the first powered, heavier-than-air,
controlled flight in Canada by J.A.D. McCurdy in the Silver Dart on
the frozen surface of the Bras d'Or Lakes near Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
Under the leadership of the
Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (CAPA), aviation
museums and aviation heritage sites across Canada will celebrate
that milestone with a unique and historically oriented event. The
"Back to Baddeck" vintage aircraft relay flight project,
which is CAPA's celebration of 100 years of Canadian aviation
achievements, recognizes Canada's aviation roots in Baddeck, Nova
Scotia, celebrates the wide variety of aircraft involved and
aviation's national impact.
This relay flight will be done in
several legs with a variety of vintage aircraft owned and restored
by member Museums. The northern portion of the relay will start in
Greenwood, Nova Scotia on 5 March, 2009 going west across the
Canadian north to end up in Comox, B.C. by May. The southern portion
will be done west to east from Comox, BC starting on 23 May and end
at the Nova Scotia International Air Show in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
12 and 13 September.
This cross Canada flight will stop
at all of the member museums (see list below), each provincial
capital as well as in Ottawa. On board the aircraft will be the
"baton" which will contain special mint coins issued by
the Royal Canadian Mint and commemorative stamps issued by Canada
Post, cancelled in Baddeck on the Anniversary date, affixed to a
specifically designed envelope. These will be presented to each
member museum, the provincial Premiers and the Governor General of
Canada.
Canada has been more reliant on
aviation for its development than any other country in the world.
Aviation opened up Canada and remains a lifeline to many remote and
northern areas. The significance of aviation today and what it has
done for Canada can be compared to what the Canadian Pacific Railway
did for Canada in the years after Confederation. CAPA was formed to
promote the preservation of aircraft, Canadian aviation history, and
the retention in Canada of aircraft, airframes, associated artifacts
and related materials significant to Canadian aviation.
Canadian Aeronautical
Preservation Association Member Museums
|
Province
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Location
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Organization
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BC
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Comox
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Comox
Air Force Museum
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Sidney/Victoria
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BC
Aviation Museum/Victoria
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Langley
|
Canadian
Museum of Flight
|
|
AB
|
Nanton
|
Nanton
Lancaster Society Air Museum
|
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Calgary
|
Aero
Space Museum Association of Calgary
|
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Springbank
|
AV
Roe Canada Aviation Museum Association
|
|
Penhold
|
Harvard
Historical Aviation Society
|
|
Wetaskiwin
|
Reynolds-Alberta
Museum
|
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Reynolds
Heritage Preservation Foundation
|
|
Canada's
Aviation Hall of Fame
|
|
Edmonton
|
Alberta
Aviation Museum
|
|
Cold
Lake
|
Cold
Lake Air Force Museum
|
|
|
|
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MB
|
Brandon
|
Commonwealth
Air Training Plan Museum
|
|
|
|
|
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ON
|
Sault
Ste. Marie
|
Canadian
Bushplane Heritage Centre
|
|
Hamilton
|
Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum
|
|
Windsor
|
Canadian
Historical Aircraft Association
|
|
Toronto
|
Toronto
Aerospace Museum
|
|
Etobicoke
|
Aerospace
Heritage Foundation of Canada
|
|
Borden
|
Base
Borden Military Museum
|
|
Trenton
|
National
Air Force Museum
of Canada
|
|
Ottawa
|
Canada
Aviation Museum
|
|
|
|
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QC
|
Bagotvillle
|
Musee
de la Defence Aerienne de Bagotville/ Bagotville Air Defence
Museum /
|
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Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/
Montreal
|
Canadian
Aviation Heritage Centre
|
|
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NS
|
Halifax
|
Atlantic
Canada Aviation Museum
|
|
Shearwater
|
Shearwater
Aviation Museum
|
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Greenwood
|
Greenwood
Military Aviation Museum
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