A Canadian Aviation Historical Society Chapter
CAHS Toronto Chapter has many members from both Canada and the United States. With seven monthly meetings featuring intriguing speakers, and an informative monthly newsletter, our chapter is active in the preservation and dissemination of aviation history in Canada. You are invited to become a part of it!

Join us at our monthly meetings (location and map below) where you will enjoy 'hangar flying,' informative presentations, refreshments and the camaraderie of those who share your interest in aviation. Members, as well as new visitors are always welcome!
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With your membership you will also get seven issues of our newsletter, Flypast (details below), which includes write-ups of presentations, information on upcoming events, and aviation news of interest to our members.

CAHS Toronto Chapter also hosts a Toronto-specific aviation history page at www.torontoaviationhistory.com
Scroll down to discover Chapter events, including local meetings information, and if this Chapter offers publications, including newsletters, as part of it's Membership.

Meeting and Mailing Addresses

Meetings:
Canadian Forces College, Armour Heights Officers' Mess
LtGen Guy Simonds Auditorium (Ground Floor)
215 Yonge Blvd at Wilson Avenue
Toronto
The entrance to the College’s premises, parking lot and the College’s Security Office is around the corner on Sandringham Drive
Transit users should take the Wilson 96 Bus from the York Mills Subway Station.
Zoom in on the map for a more detailed street view.

​Mailing:
Mailing Address
CAHS Toronto Chapter
65 Sussex Avenue,
Toronto, ON
​M5S 1J8

Membership and Meetings

Meetings of the members are held on the 1st Saturday of the month in February, March, April, October, November and December in the Lt. Gen Guy Simonds Auditorium and they start at 1 PM.   The Annual Dinner meeting is held on the first Sunday of May in the Armour Heights Officers’ Mess on the College’s grounds.

The monthly meeting "Landing Fee" is $3.00 ($5 for non-members), this includes refreshments.

The Landing Fee is collected for refreshments which are served in the Armour Heights Officers’ Mess after the speaker’s presentation in the Lt. Gen Guy Simonds Auditorium.

Annual Membership options:
  • All members requesting hard copy of Flypast Newsletter - $35.00
  • Members requesting e-mail copies - Regular members - $25.00
  • Student - $15.00
  • Members currently serving in Canadian Armed Forces - $20.00  

Chapter Executives, Directors, and Other Contacts

Sheldon Benner
Chapter President
Toronto, Ontario
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John Bertram
1st Vice President
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Geoff Pyne
​2nd Vice President
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Bob Winson
Volunteer – Website Support
www.torontoaviationhistory.com
416-745-1462
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Neil McGavock
Secretary, Archivist and Historian
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Gord McNulty
Director, Toronto Flypast
Hamilton, Ontario
905-525-9927
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Paul Hayes
​Treasurer
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Eric Roscoe
Director
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Chapter Activities and Publications

Meetings and Other Events
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Crisis, the CAHS Toronto Chapter will be hosting only special, digital meetings via Zoom.

Hidden Heroes: Canadian Jewish Airmen in WWII 

Journalist Ellin Bessner is the author of “Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military and WWII” (2019) about the 17,000 Canadians who fought Hitler and rescued the survivors of the Holocaust. Among the volunteers were nearly 6,000 men and women in the RCAF. One was among “The Few”: the brave RAF pilots who fended off those deadly German bombing raids during the Battle of Britain.

Her lively presentation will highlight these Jewish air crew and ground crew, and the women in the RCAF, who served at great personal risk, should they be captured and their faith be discovered by the Nazis. They fought for King and country, and also to save their own people from Hitler’s Final Solution.

How to Access the CAHS Toronto Chapter Zoom Meeting

Paid-up members of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society's Toronto Chapter will be sent the Zoom link prior to the meeting. Please note that the virtual doors to the meeting open at 7:00 pm to allow attendees to meet other chapter members online before the presentation starts at 7:30 pm. ​

Further information is presented in the PDF poster below, and includes instructions on how other members can access the presentation.
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Past Meetings
2019 –
Chapter Newsletters
CAHS Toronto Chapter members receive our Flypast newsletter seven times per year, via traditional mail or via email, according to the type of membership (see above) selected. 

You can find Flypast's recent issues here.