Save Hangar 14

A short tribute to Terry Champion, who died earlier this month. Terry was not only part of our aviation but also a founder and tireless fundraiser for @abavmuseum. @CATPMuseum @MyBCAM @TheHangarMuseum @YEGCityasMuseum @yegheritage @yegventures youtu.be/XHwCki-K_fE

Kudos to @CityNewsYEG and @Adam_Ziccarelli for being the only Edmonton media to cover historian Tony Cashman's 100 birthday. @AbAvMuseum @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum @yegventures edmonton.citynews.ca/2023/04/30/aut…

Another drone angle of the museum, this time of the work underway in our restoration shop. youtu.be/XqvjEN-BILE @AbAvMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @MyBCAM @YEGCityasMuseum @CATPMuseum

Airplanes are better viewed from a higher vantage point. So we tested a mini drone in the hangar. It flew perfectly in the all-wood building and produced an amazing view. youtu.be/Q1zdSL5LyoE @AbAvMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @MyBCAM @YEGCityasMuseum @CATPMuseum

For Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, we share the story of one of Edmonton's first female aviation workers, Norah Hook. youtu.be/2sVLgTVff7s @AbAvMuseum @YEGCityasMuseum @yegheritage @MyBCAM @TheHangarMuseum @CATPMuseum

In a post that will be almost guaranteed to ruffle some feathers, 64 years ago today the Avro Arrow project was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government. The decision caught Avro by surprise, and immediately put thousands of Avro employees and their suppliers out of work.

Final installment in Yeg's Aviation History: The End of the Municipal Airport. The full 12 part series is now on @AbAvMuseum YouTube page for research and education. @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum @CATPMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @MyBCAM m.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYEjI…

The numbers are in! In 2022 our volunteers racked up 14,293 hours in donated time at the museum. That equals more than $285,000 in donated time at $20/hour. And where can you find this kind of specialists for that kind of $. #yegcc @abavmuseum @yegheritage @edmonton_anne

Episode 11 of Edmonton's Aviation History: Major Airlines in Edmonton. The International Airport’s opening in 1960 marks the beginning of the end for Blatchford Field but aviation enthusiasts fight to keep it open.@AbAvMuseum @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum youtu.be/t8m-0YdNYU8

Edmonton's Aviation History Ep. 10: Northern Operations. Pacific Western, Max Ward’s new company and smaller outfits find work hauling anything and anyone. @AbAvMuseum @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @CATPMuseum @MyBCAM youtu.be/TAAzwhSaRNM

Humble beginnings - the cockpit section of our Bolingbroke was salvaged from a farm on Salt Spring Island. Seen here at a local car wash to give it a once over before restoration work commenced.

Ain't no party like a PBY party!

Episode #9 of Edmonton's Aviation History: Edmonton and the Cold War (or how weekend warriors flying hand-me-down U.S. bombers protected Canada against the "Soviet Menace." @AbAvMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @CATPMuseum @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum @MyBCAM youtu.be/czuBvu-pJ_c

Lecture 8, in Edmonton's Aviation History: Edmonton at Home in WWII. Blatchford Field becomes one of the busiest airfields in Canada as the war effort gears up. youtu.be/JBbGHRHHVes @YEGCityasMuseum @yegheritage @CATPMuseum @TheHangarMuseum

94 years ago this month, Wop May and Vic Horner made a near-impossible trip in bone chilling temperatures. They carried life-saving vaccine in an open cockpit airplane to a remote settlement in Northern Alberta. @AbAvMuseum @YEGCityasMuseum @yegheritage youtu.be/E6Q7naT4nOM

With too many pilots and too little work in 1939, many headed overseas. Today on Edmonton's Aviation History: Ep. #7 Edmontonians Abroad in WWII. @AbAvMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @YEGCityasMuseum @yegheritage @CATPMuseum @RCAF_ARC @rcaf_foundation youtu.be/lgZj15U14CI

Congratulations to David Grabski, @AbAvMuseum volunteer of the month. Dave worked as a machinist instructor for 25 years and loves to share his knowledge and apply his skills in the restoration department on our Bell P-29 Airacobra. Thanks Dave.

Lecture #6 in the online series Edmonton's Aviation History: The First Airlines, with Alberta Aviation Museum Curator Ryan Lee.m.youtube.com/watch?v=1db6wR… @AbAvMuseum @TheHangarMuseum @yegheritage @YEGCityasMuseum

One of our key volunteers for years, Ed Doucette, died this past month, in BC. Douce, as he was called, played a leading role in the restoration of the @AbAvMuseum's B-25. He had joined the RCAF as a teenager and travelled the world. savehangar14.wordpress.com/edward-lawrenc…