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  • Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Museum Membership
    • Sponsor the CAHS
    • Donate to the CAHS
  • Organization & Chapters
    • CAHS National >
      • Society History
      • Contacts
      • Reports & Documents
    • Chapters >
      • CAHS Calgary
      • CAHS Georgian Bay
      • CAHS Manitoba
      • CAHS Medicine Hat
      • CAHS Montréal
      • CAHS New Brunswick
      • CAHS Ottawa
      • CAHS Regina
      • CAHS Toronto
      • CAHS Vancouver
      • CAHS CAAA
  • History Resources
    • CAHS Journal
    • CAHS e-Newsletter >
      • e-Newsletter Archive
    • Aviation History Online >
      • Articles – Historical
      • Aviation History Books
      • Articles Archive
      • Photo Galleries
      • Video Viewport
    • In Memoriam
  • Shop
  • RCAF 100
  • Convention 2025
Welcome to the online home of the

Canadian Aviation Historical Society


Preserving Canada's flying heritage

Our Society is the world's premier organization dedicated to the preservation of Canada's diverse aviation heritage.


Now well into our 5th decade, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society is the oldest and largest organization in the world dedicated to the celebration and documentation of Canada's flying heritage. Members receive the CAHS Journal, Canada's premier aviation history magazine, regular newsletters, and an invitation to participate in frequent local and annual national events. We have membership options for online membership with PDF Journals, traditional membership with hardcopies of the Journal, membership for corporations wanting to provide sponsorship, and museum memberships. Check out the options below to find the best way for you to get involved.

Do you have an interest in any aspect of Canadian aviation history?
​You are invited to get involved…
Link to CAHS Membership
Link to CAHS Corporate Sponsorship
Link to CAHS Museum Membership
Link to CAHS Donations

A Resource for Aviation History


As part of our mandate to preserve and disseminate Canadian aviation history, the CAHS also promotes aviation authors and aviation artists. All issues of the CAHS Journal are for sale, as are compendia of some article series. The CAHS has made arrangements with authors and publishers in order to provide discounted prices for aviation-themed books. The CAHS also features the work of Canadian aviation artists in our annual aviation art calendar. Please explore the links below to see what we have for sale.

CAHS 2024 Aviation Art Calendar shop page
2024 Aviation Art Calendar
Link to CAHS Corporate Sponsorship
Special Book Offers
Aviation Art by Special Arrangement with Participating Artists
Aviation Art by Special Arrangement with Participating Artists
Journal Legacy (1963-2009) editions - printed copies in the mail
Journal Legacy editions (1963-2009)
printed copies by mail

Journal Legacy (1963-2009) editions - printed copies in the mail
Journal in Print (2010-present)
printed originals by mail

Journal PDFs (2010-present) digital download copies
Journal PDFs (2010-present)
originals by digital download

Journal Complete Set (1963-2018) Special Offer
Journal Complete Set (1963-2018) Special Discount Offer
Journal Article Compendia PDFs (2010-present) digital downloads
Compendia of Journal Articles (2010-present) by digital download
Individual Journal Articles (2010-present) by digital download
Individual Journal Articles (2010-present) by digital download

Annual Conventions


The CAHS puts on an annual in-person convention featuring expert speakers on a wide-range of topics, as well as tours of aviation museums and industries. Check out the link below for the latest updates on dates, location, registration, and the call for proposals.

Otter maintenance at CFB Borden

Convention 2024

Technical School Students at Camp Borden

Convention 2023

Avro Jetliner prototype in design shop

Convention 2022

Get Involved


Otter maintenance at CFB Borden

Join us…


…as a member (we offer individual, family, museum and corporate memberships), a donor, or a friend of the Society. The CAHS welcomes your involvement at whatever level of involvement best suits you. Read more…

Technical School Students at Camp Borden

Discover…


…the who, what, where, when, why and sometimes how of all facets of Canadian aviation, from humble beginnings at Baddeck to the extensive industry and activity of the Second World War and beyond. Our members help keep our history alive via our CAHS Journal, e-newsletter, meetings and other and events. Non-members can also purchase individual Journals and articles, or subscribe to the newsletter.  Read more…

Avro Jetliner prototype in design shop

Create or contribute…


…content for our quarterly CAHS Journal or the Canadian Aviation History Online area of this site. Have you researched a particular subject, curated a family photo collection, or found some industrial / documentary artifacts with a historical connection to Canadian aviation? Please consider getting in touch. Read more…

The CAHS is honoured ​to have these institutions as Museum Members

  • Alberta Aviation Museum
  • Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum
  • Billy Bishop Home and Museum
  • Bomber Command Museum of Canada
  • Botwood Flying Boat Museum
  • British Columbia Aviation Museum
  • Calgary Mosquito Society
  • Canadian Aviation Museum
  • The Canadian Museum of Flight
  • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
  • ​Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
  • Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
  • Harvard Historical Aviation Society
  • Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
  • Comox Air Force Museum
  • ​Great War Flying Museum
  • The Hangar Flight Museum
  • Montreal Aviation Museum
  • National Air Force Museum
  • Saskatchewan Aviation Museum
  • ​​Shearwater Aviation Museum
  • ​Musée de L'aviation de Montréal
  • Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
  • Quebec Aerospace Museum
  • Western Development Museum
The CAHS benefits from the friendship of these organizations

  • Aviaeology​
  • CANAV Books
  • Northern Lights Aero Foundation
  • The RCAF Association
  • Vintage Wings of Canada
CAHS Silver & Gold Sponsoring Members

Silver
Washington Airline Society
​Toronto Aviation Heritage​

Gold
Vac Developments
CAHS Platinum Sponsoring Members

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The RCAF Heritage Fund has been a consistent CAHS Annual Convention supporter.

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