If you were in the museum this summer you could not miss the din of children’s voices echoing through the historic building.

Casia McLeod and Erik Halliwell are like many young people who dream of space. But the two University of Alberta students have taken it to a whole new level.

Dana Williams has spent much of his working life creating order from disorder. So it’s not surprising his first impression of the Alberta Aviation Museum was not entirely positive.

Dave McIlmoyle has been waiting 50 years to get his hands on a P-39 Airacobra. Now his dream has come true. He is a key member of the restoration crew at the Alberta Aviation Museum working on the P-39 project.

At the conclusion of the First World War over 2,500 trained Canadian airmen, who had served in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, returned home. Many of these men were anxious to continue flying, and more than a few took to barnstorming and exhibition flying to earn a living.