Canadian Centennial of Flight
News Release
November 25, 2008
COAST TO COAST TO COAST 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, and
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 Baddeck,
Nova Scotia on 23 February, 2009 going west across the Canadian
north to end up in Comox, BC by May. The southern portion will be
done west to east from Comox, BC starting on the Victoria Day long
weekend and ending at the Nova Scotia International Air Show in
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in September, 2009.
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 first day cover stamps issued by Canada Post and cancelled in
Baddeck on the Anniversary date affixed to a specifically designed
envelope with a message to the receiver of these envelopes from the
members of CAPA.
These will be presented to each member museum and
the Premier of each province as well as the Governor General of
Canada in Ottawa. The final stop will be the Nova Scotia
International Air show at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in September.
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.
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Canadian
Aeronautical Preservation Association Member Museums
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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
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Canadian
Museum of Flight
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AB
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Nanton
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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
|
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Wetaskiwin
|
Reynolds-Alberta
Museum
|
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Reynolds
Heritage Preservation Foundation
|
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Canada's
Aviation Hall of Fame
|
|
Edmonton
|
Alberta
Aviation Museum
|
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Cold
Lake
|
Cold
Lake Air Force Museum
|
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Penhold
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Harvard
Historical Aviation Society
|
|
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MB
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Brandon
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Commonwealth
Air Training Plan Museum
|
|
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|
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ON
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Sault
Ste. Marie
|
Canadian
Bushplane Heritage Centre
|
|
Hamilton
|
Canadian
Warplane Heritage Museum
|
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Windsor
|
Canadian
Historical Aircraft Association
|
|
Toronto
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Toronto
Aerospace Museum
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Etobicoke
|
Aerospace
Heritage Foundation of Canada
|
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Borden
|
Base
Borden Military Museum
|
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Trenton
|
National
Air Force Museum
of Canada
|
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Ottawa
|
Canada
Aviation Museum
|
|
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QC
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Bagotvillle
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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
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Halifax
|
Atlantic
Canada Aviation Museum
|
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Shearwater
|
Shearwater
Aviation Museum
|
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Greenwood
|
Greenwood
Military Aviation Museum
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