Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
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Established | 1973 |
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Location | in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 52°57′45″N 113°25′11″W / 52.962515°N 113.419860°W |
Website | www |
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation. Founded in 1973, the Hall of Fame has honoured thus far more than 200 aviators, engineers, technicians and administrators.
Due to its size and geographical location, Canada has had to rely upon aviation much more than other countries. With so much territory unsuitable for surface travel, it was up to aviation to unite the country and bring the distant regions the opportunities for social and economic progress that would make them part of Canada. The unique combination of pioneering aviation and pioneering development of the country resulted in many outstanding examples of heroism, skill, tenacity, courage, wisdom, and luck, and many great stories to be told. The best of these stories are described in the Aviation Hall of Fame.
Stories are told on four by eight foot panels with portraits, citations, photographs, and memorabilia. The Hall has an extensive collection of personal items and memorabilia related to inducted members, including such material as licenses, logbooks, uniforms, insignia, medals, trophies and awards, documents, correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs. The reference library contains approximately 2,500 books and over 12,000 periodicals related specifically to Canadian aviation. Items are loaned to other museums in Canada for exhibit purposes, and may be accessed by researchers and visitors, by appointment.
The Hall of Fame also awards the Belt of Orion and the Order of Polaris each year at its annual induction dinner, to an organization notable for its contribution to Canadian aviation.
History[]
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame was incorporated August 2, 1973. The 79 original members included all Companions of the Order of Icarus, all who had been awarded the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy, all recipients of the Victoria Cross in aerial combat, Alexander Graham Bell and F.W. "Casey" Baldwin for designing and building the Silver Dart, and Group Captain John Emilius Fauquier representing the Second World War RAF Bomber Command and Flight Lieutenant George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling representing the Second World War RAF Fighter Command. A confidential nomination review committee reviews nominations for new members of the Hall of Fame, looking for contributions of major benefit to Canada which have stood the test of time.
The Hall of Fame officially opened on the first day of Klondike Days, July 17, 1974, in the Sportex Building at the Edmonton Exhibition Grounds. During the initial years it moved several times until finally residing in the Edmonton Convention Centre for several years. When the Reynolds-Alberta Museum opened near Wetaskiwin, Alberta, in 1992, the Hall of Fame moved to the museum's aviation hangar, combining and merging its exhibits with the museum's extensive aviation collection.
Inductees[]
The Hall has inducted the following people, arranged in alphabetical order, with their year of induction in parentheses.
- Carlyle Clare Agar (1974)
- William Munroe Archibald (1974)
- Neil J Armstrong (1974)
- Julien Joseph Audette (1989)
- John Alexander "Jack" Austin (1976)
- James Tocher Bain (2000)
- Albert William Baker (2000)
- Russell Francis Baker (1975)
- Ronald John Baker (1994)
- Bernt Balchen (1974)
- Frederick Walker Baldwin (1974)
- Russell Bannock (1983)
- William George Barker (1974)
- Ian Willoughby Bazalgette (1974)
- Laurent Beaudoin (1999)
- Clive John Beddoe (2014)
- Alexander Graham Bell (1974)
- (2013)
- Arthur Massey Berry (1974)
- George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling (1974)
- Leonard Joseph Birchall (2001)
- William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1974)
- Rosella Marie Bjornson (1997)
- Thurston Blakey (1992)
- Ernest Joseph Boffa (1993)
- William Brenton Boggs (2003)
- J. Erroll Boyd (2017)
- Robert William Bradford (1996)
- Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (1976)
- Helen Marcelle Harrison Bristol (1974)
- A. Roy Brown (2015)
- Francis Roy Brown (1976)
- Frederick Howard Buller (1999)
- Maurice "Moss" Burbidge (1974)
- Carl Frederick Burke (1982)
- Erskine Leigh Capreol (1981)
- (2016)
- William Keir Carr (2001)
- Nicholas Byron Cavadias (1996)
- Alfred Beebe Caywood (1988)
- James Arthur Chamberlin (2001)
- Walter Chmela (2006)
- Nils Christensen (2012)
- Larry Denman Clarke (1996)
- Raymond Collishaw (1974)
- (2004)
- (2003)
- (2011)
- Wilfred Austin "Wilf" Curtis (1984)
- (1985)
- Lorna Vivian deBlicquy (2014)
- Robert John Deluce (2017)
- (2007)
- Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins (1974)
- Paul Bernard Dilworth (2000)
- Craig Laurence Dobbin (2007)
- (1994)
- Vera Elise Strodl Dowling (2000)
- Clarence Rupert Dunlap (2002)
- (1988)
- Harold Edwards (2012)
- James Francis Edwards (2013)
- (2014)
- (1992)
- John Emilius Fauquier (1974)
- (1974)
- James Charles Floyd (1993)
- (1974)
- (1980)
- (1974)
- Kathleen Carol Fox (2016)
- (1983)
- (1980)
- Wilbur Rounding Franks (1983)
- (1987)
- (2005)
- (1974)
- Marc Garneau (2008)
- (1974)
- Walter Gilbert (1974)
- Albert Earl Godfrey (1978)
- (1974)
- (1988)
- Robert Hampton Gray (1974)
- (1974)
- (1990)
- Chris Austin Hadfield (2005)
- (1984)
- (2011)
- Paul Albert Hartman (1974)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- (2013)
- (1998)
- (2007)
- Basil Deacon Hobbs (1987)
- Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (1974)
- (1989)
- David Ernest Hornell (1974)
- (1998)
- Clarence Decatur Howe (1976)
- (1992)
- (2012)
- (1978)
- (2008)
- (1979)
- (1999)
- (1974)
- Thomas Lamb (2009)
- (2000)
- (2010)
- (1980)
- Wilson George Leach (1974)
- Robert Leckie (1988)
- Zebulon Lewis Leigh (1974)
- (2016)
- (1984)
- George Bayliss Lothian (1974)
- (1991)
- (1981)
- (2009)
- Frank Archibald MacDougall (1974)
- Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill (1983)
- (1974)
- Donald Roderick MacLaren (1977)
- (1977)
- (2005)
- (2009)
- Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May (1974)
- (1979)
- (2015)
- Frederick McCall (1978)
- (2002)
- (2005)
- George William Grant McConachie (1974)
- John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (1974)
- Gordon Roy McGregor (1974)
- (2007)
- Daniel Erskine McIvor (2002)
- (1974)
- (2003)
- Alan Arnett McLeod (1974)
- Stanley Ransom McMillan (1974)
- (1974)
- Robert Wendell "Buck" McNair (1990)
- (1974)
- (1993)
- (1989)
- Lawrence Joseph Milberry (2004)
- (2015)
- (1974)
- (2014)
- (1989)
- Redford Henry Mulock (2010)
- (1974)
- Andrew Charles Mynarski (1974)
- (1995)
- (1984)
- Harold Anthony Oaks (1974)
- Marion Alice Orr (1982)
- John Ender "Jock" Palmer (1988)
- (2008)
- Julie Payette (2010)
- (1991)
- (1974)
- Owen Bartley Philp (2015)
- Welland Wilfred Phipps (1974)
- (1985)
- (1990)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- Thomas Mayne Reid (1974)
- (1974)
- Moretta Fenton "Molly" Reilly (1974)
- Stanley George Reynolds (2009)
- James Armstrong Richardson (1976)
- (1995)
- (1988)
- (1974)
- (1994)
- (2011)
- (1983)
- (2013)
- (1997)
- (1997)
- (1996)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- Beverley Strahan Shenstone (2016)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- (2017)
- (1974)
- (1993)
- (1998)
- (2017)
- (1982)
- (1991)
- Claude Ivan Taylor (1985)
- (1997)
- Albert Ross Tilley (2006)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- John Henry Tudhope (1974)
- Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1977)
- Percival Stanley Turner (1974)
- (1974)
- (1987)
- Joseph Armand Gerard Fernand "Fern" Villeneuve (2006)
- Maxwell William Ward (1974)
- Violet Milstead Warren (2010)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- (2011)
- (1974)
- Dafydd R. Williams (2012)
- Thomas Frederic Williams (1974)
- (1979)
- (1974)
- (1995)
- Walter "Babe" Woollett (2004)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- Franklin Inglee Young (1974)
- (2003)
- Janusz Zurakowski (1974)
Belt of Orion[]
The Belt of Orion Award for Excellence was founded by the Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988, to honour organizations, groups, societies or associations who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of aviation in Canada. Recipients include:
- 1974 Trans-Canada Airlines
- 1988 Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
- 1989 Air Cadet League of Canada
- 1990 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
- 1991 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Aviation and Fire Management Branch
- 1992 Not Awarded
- 1993 Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA)
- 1994 Canadian Forces Snowbirds
- 1995 (Organization of Women Pilots)
- 1996 Not Awarded
- 1997 Not Awarded
- 1998 Canadian Forces Search and Rescue (SAR)
- 1999
- 2000 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Air Division
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003 Not Awarded
- 2004 Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
- 2005 (AETE)
- 2006 (IAMTI)
- 2007 (CBAA)
- 2008 Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM)
Affiliations[]
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, Virtual Museum of Canada, and Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (CAPA).
See also[]
- History of aviation in Canada
- North American aviation halls of fame
References[]
Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- Pigott, Peter (1997). Flying Canucks II: Pioneers of Canadian Aviation. Toronto: Dundurn. ISBN 978-0-88882-193-5.
External links[]
- Aviation history of Canada
- Aerospace museums in Alberta
- Halls of fame in Canada
- Museums established in 1973
- Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame inductees
- Wetaskiwin
- 1973 establishments in Alberta
- Aviation halls of fame