by Val | Sep 6, 2018 | Aircraft, Exhibits, Heritage Air Park, Member Info, News & Events, Posts
Jon Ambler, our Museum’s Programme Manager and Volunteer Coordinator reflects on the process of getting the Y2K Spitfire to its current state and to bringing the aircraft “back home” to its beginnings: “We were all delighted to see the...
by Val | Sep 5, 2018 | Aircraft, Community Outreach, Exhibits, Heritage Air Park, Member Info, News & Events, Posts
When I spoke with Mike Forbes, one of our Museum volunteers, about the return of the Y2K Spitfire, I asked him how it felt. After all, he was so committed to the reconstruction, spent so many hours working on it, hoping for the opportunity for the aircraft to return....
by Val | Sep 4, 2018 | Aircraft, Community Outreach, Exhibits, Heritage Air Park, Links, Member Info, News & Events, Posts
As mentioned in my previous post, Mike Forbes worked on the Spitfire Project, giving so much of his time and energy to the tasks needed… during those years, there were many fund raising activities, many visitors to the project, many committed volunteers...
by Val | Sep 1, 2018 | Aircraft, Community Outreach, Exhibits, Member Info, News & Events, Posts
Mike Forbes said last week that he’d waited for 17 years to sit in the cockpit of the Y2K Spitfire… he hoped he’d be able to do so while the Y2K Spitfire was back in the Comox Valley… But perhaps we should go back in time to find out how it all began...
by Val | Aug 28, 2018 | Aircraft, Community Outreach, Exhibits, Heritage Air Park, News & Events, Posts
This is Dave Hadfield, a Senior Pilot with Vintage Wings of Canada, tasked with bringing the Y2K Spitfire here to the Comox Valley (via Oshkosh-Airventure) and back east again (about 5000 miles in the Spitfire). A former Air Cadet, Dave later flew for Air...
by Val | Jul 30, 2018 | Collections, Community Outreach, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
This display in the Women’s Division Exhibit has recently been updated. As our Program Coordinator, Jon Ambler, explains, “The Women’s Division exhibit celebrates Canadian women who served in the RCAF Women’s Division during World War Two. As our...
The CAFM commemorates the role and history of 19 Wing (CFB/RCAF/RAF), documenting significant achievements in West Coast Military Aviation History.
Founded in 1982 as part of the Air Force Indoctrination School, CAFM was accredited as a stand-alone Canadian Forces Museum and officially opened its doors to the public on 12 September 1987.