The list below shows some of the activities and events organized in the celebrations of the Canadian Centennial of Flight in 2009. Click on the event title to be brought to the event website. February February 13-22: Toronto International Auto Show
Toronto, ON
February 20-21: Sourdough Rendez-vous
Whitehorse, YK
February 20: National Aviation Art Exibit
Baddeck, NS February 21-22: 100th Anniversary event - Let Fly
Edmonton, AB
Teaming with the EAA Young Eagles program the Alberta Aviation Museum is offering free flights for children. Weather dependent.
February 22: Winterlude
Ottawa, ON
Thrill to the sights and sounds of more than 50 aircraft, as they celebrate a milestone in Canada’s heritage: the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada and the British Empire, by flying the length of the canal and other Winterlude sites.
February 22: Silver Dart Day
The Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON
February 23: National Aviation Day
The Government of Canada has declared February 23rd as National Aviation Day, the same day the Silver Dart flew 100 years ago. Visit the Baddeck 2009 Flight of the Silver Dart Centennial Celebration website for a list of Aviation Day activities.
February 23 - September 12/13 Cross Country Relay
Back to Baddeck Cross-Canada Relay. The "Back to Baddeck" vintage aircraft relay flight project is presented by the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (CAPA), celebrating 100 years of Canadian aviation achievements, celebrating the wide variety of aircraft involved and aviation's national impact.
March
March 18: 418 "City of Edmonton" Squadron 65th Anniverary Event
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta March 18: 504 Squadron Blatchford Field Air Cadets 60th Anniversary Event
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
April
Spring 2009: Tree Planting
Each Air Cadet Squadron will plant a tree to Commemorate the Canadian Centennial of Flight. 400 Locations Across Canada. April 1: 85th Anniversary of the RCAF
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta April 4: 2009 Genie Canadian Film Awards
The Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON
In collaboration with the NCR (to be confirmed). April 18-21: Hosting the 2009 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Mutual concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference
The Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON
April 30: Museum's 737's 30th Birthday Party
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB
May May-September: "100 Towns for 100 years" program
Snowbirds overfly (2 passes) 100 towns across Canada May 1: 60th Anniversary of Edmonton's first transcontinental air service
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB
May 2: 15 Wing Armed Forces Day
Moose Jaw, SK May 2-3: 17th Annual Canadian Aviation Expo
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Hamilton International Airport, Hamilton, ON
May 6: Western Aerospace Alliance Cenference (WAAC)
Winnipeg Int'l Airport, Winnipeg, MB May 14: Coupe Memorial
Rimouski, QC May 20: Air Show
Greenwood, NS
Hawk one (F-86) flies with the Snowbirds at airshows
May 23: Grand Opening of the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre
Campus McGill/MacDonald, Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC
May 27-30: CBAA Convention
Montreal, QC
June June 5: Winnipeg Airport Auth CoF Static Display
Winnipeg, MB June 6-7: Manitoba Airshow
Portage La Prairie, MB June 7: 90th Anniversary of first Western Canadian Commercial flight, Edmonton 1919 and rededication of WOP May Historic monuments plaque
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB June 13: Bagotville Airshow
Bagotville, QC
June 13-14: The Canadian International Military Tattoo
Hamilton, ON
June 13-14: Arrival of Canadian Warplane Heritage's B-25
Saugeen Municipal Airport, Hanover (CPN4), ON
Begins at 6 p.m. Local Air Cadet Squadron's Annual Review, 7 p.m. on Saturday. The B-25 will be available for rides and purchasing Museum memberships from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, contact Phil Englishman mickeyd@wightman.ca
June 14: Fly-in Breakfast
St-Lazarre, QC
June 29-August 9: Tim Hortons celebrates 100 years of flight in Canada!
Across Canada
Commencing on June 29, CoF vignettes produced by the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (CAPA), Canada Aviation Museum, NAV CANADA, and the Air Force, will be shown on Tim Hortons Digital Menu Boards at their 2,800 stores across Canada. July July 1: Canada Day - Citizenship ceremony, open house, fly-in, etc.
Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON July 4-6: Royal Nova Scotia Int'l Tatoo
Halifax, NS July 4-5: 8 Wing Armed Forces Day
Trenton, ON July 9-12: Calgary Stampede
Calgary, AB July 17-26: Edmonton Capital Ex
Edmonton, AB July 17-28: John Lovelace's Century Flight "Cross Canada Party
John Lovelace's Century Flight "Cross Canada Party". For more information please contact Anthony Nalli, at 416-225-9266 or at Anthony.Nalli@PCAS.ca. July 22: Airdrie Airshow
Airdrie, AB
July 24-26: Brampton Flight Centre CoF Celebrations
Caledon, ON
Stop for the John Lovelace Century Flight July 25-26: Alberta International Air Show
Lethbridge, AB July 30-August 15: Governor General’s Cup - Cross Canada Centennial of Flight
The flight will start from Manitoba
July 30 and finish August 15 in Montreal, Quebec
August August 2-4: Centennial of Flight
Cold Lake, AB August 7-9: Abbotsford International Air Show
Abbotsford, BC
August 8-16: Festival des Montgolfieres
St-Jean, QC August 9: Festival international des musiques militaire
Quebec City, QC August 14-16: Silver Dart Weekend - A Fly-in for civilian and military aircraft
Greenwood, NS
Three day open house for Civilian, Military, and Heritage aircraft. Dances on Friday and Saturday evening.
August 15-16: Canada Remembers Int'l Air Show
Saskatoon, SK
August 16-22: Silver Dart Centennial Aviation Week
Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Baddeck, NS August 21-September 7: PNE Vancouver
Vancouver, BC August 21-September 7: CNE Toronto
Toronto, ON August 21: Op Nanook
Iqualuit, NU August 30: 90th Anniversary, First use of an Aircraft in a police pursuit
Alberta Aviation Museum. Edmonton, AB August 29-30: Windsor Air Show
Windsor, ON September September 4-7: Canadian Int'l Air Show
Toronto, ON September 8-October 22: Great Lakes Deployment
(Tentative) Great Lakes
September 12-13: Nova Scotia Int'l Air Show
Halifax September 20: Battle of Britain
Canada Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON September 20: Battle of Britain
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB
October November November 7: Tour of Duty Gala
Canada Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON November 11: 11th Remembrance Day ceremonies
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB November 29: Grey Cup
Calgary, AB December December 7: United Nation day of Aviation
To Be Confirmed
At the Headquarter of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montréal, QC December 17: 70th Anniversary of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan events
Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB December 31: Salute to the Silver Dart Centennial Celebration
Baddeck, NS
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