AAM Assistant Curator Ryan Lee trying out the new travelling exhibit.

Alberta Aviation Museum Curator Lech Lebiedowski and Edmonton artist Sean Paul Arceta share a common fascination. They both love the 1980s movie series and pop culture icon “Back to the Future.”

or more than 80 years Blatchford Field was the centre of technological development in aviation as Canada’s first licenced airport.

The was a celebration at Edmonton’s historic Hangar 14 this week as staff, members, volunteers and city representatives gathered to mark a milestone in the Alberta Aviation Museum’s history.

It may not be as monumental as the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway more than 130 years ago, but the completion of the Alberta Aviation Museum’s curbing project is a significant milestone for our revitalization project.

John Liddle spent 25 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force as an aircraft technician. But when he joined the the Alberta Aviation Museum in 2012 as a volunteer it was the library, not the restoration shop, that attracted his attention.