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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The first @avculturesconf.bsky.social Mk VIII Conference Panel Session went off at the end of Day 1: ‘Aviation Museums: selecting what stories to tell’. It was a storming success, with a rapt audience and some great questions, well answered!

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Now counting down... Time to check out the intriguing papers, amazing presenters, and get your tickets to join us in person (or online!) at the fantastic Aviation Cultures Mk VIII Conference, 17-20 June! Here's the FULL programme, with all timings and events: aviationcultures.org/wp-content/u...

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"Back(log) to the Future: Adventures in Uncatalogued Objects at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum" CASM’s curator Erin Gregory & assistant curator Valerie Wood outline the CASM Backlog Project, & share case studies of the weird, wonderful &sometimes complicated objects that they came across. 1/2

A view of the store at the Canada Aviation & Space Museum. James Kightly.

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

2/2 Erin has curated exhibitions, presented historical video games, & published widely, inc the first women aircrew in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Valerie works to develop exhibitions that centres the experiences of underrepresented groups. Join them (& us!) at aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

Valerie Wood, Left, and Erin Gregory, Right.

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Next @avculturesconf.bsky.social paper! "Aeronautical Engineering at the Uni of Toronto: The Early History" from David Waechter. This university was the first Canadian institution to offer aeronautical engineering, and David explores this fascinating history. aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

John Hamilton Parkin was the professor who installed the University of Toronto’s first wind tunnel in 1918 and taught the university’s first formal courses in aeronautical engineering in the late 1920s.

(Image: Library and Archives Canada, Image ecopy a053689‑v8)

A Vedette Flying Boat model mounted inside the first University of Toronto wind tunnel.

(Image: Ingenium Archives, Ken Molson Fonds, KM-03120)

A glider built at the University of Toronto using design contributions from students in several consecutive senior years beginning in 1946. The glider first flew in November 1949. They named the glider "The Loudon" after one of the professors, T.R. Loudon.

(Image reproduced with the explicit permission of the Engineering Institute of Canada)

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Speaker Profile: Kimberley Fraser: "Wind beneath their Wings: 100 Years of flight at Canada's Oldest Operating Airport" Since 1926, Cooking Lake has been a vital gateway to Canada’s vast north. Dr. Fraser shows the spirit of early risk-takers echoes. Dets & Tix: aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

'Postcard' with details of Kimberly Frazer's talk details, picture of a floatplane.

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Join us this June for an exciting collaboration between @avculturesconf.bsky.social and the Canadian Aviation Historical Society! Hosted by The KF Centre for Excellence, it will be a solid program of presentations plus plenty of networking with aviation history focused people from around the world.

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Aviation Cultures Mk.VIII – Aviation Cultures

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Call for Papers for the full AvCultures Mk VIII conference has been extended to 5 Feb! So you can still submit your paper and join us in person in Kelowna Canada at the Centre for Excellence, or online, in June. -JDK The entry form is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Poster artwork for the Aviation Cultures Mk VIII Conference in Canada, 17-20 June 2026, Kelowna BC with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society and the KF Centre for Excellence.

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Next Saturday I'm looking forward to joining @avculturesconf.bsky.social for "Logbooks and Avdocs". During this free, online event, an international lineup of speakers will examine a range of aviation documentation. It should be a fascinating conversation! See: aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I’ve sometimes described flying vintage aeroplanes as akin to time travel. It’s fascinating to fly a 1940s RCAF elementary trainer one day and a modern, CT-156 Harvard II the next. Despite evolving technology, modern military flight training owes a structural debt to its early 20th century origins!

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

This is going to be a fascinating discussion about aviation documentation and related historical publications. Interested in participating? Follow @avculturesconf.bsky.social or visit aviationcultures.org for more details!

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Aviation Cultures – Spanning the Globe

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Spotlight on Logbooks & AvDocs – Call for Papers. Closing date 31 August 2025! @philthyavnurd.bsky.social, @jdkightly.bsky.social (me!) of Aviation Cultures present this event on 8 Nov, free, online. We want your input! Ideas, papers, Qs, prompts: let us know. aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...

Two men, JDK, left and Phil Vabre, right, mug for the camera with exaggerated expressions as they look at a couple of old aviation manuals, in front of a bookcase. Text reads: '8 November 2025, Online on Zoom, Logbooks & AvDocs, Aviation Cultures Spotlight'.

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

First up on 8 November 2025, is 'Logbooks & AvDocs, A Toolbox for Researchers’. Field experts will talk about finding and interpreting logbooks and other aviation docs. If you're an aviation researcher or enthusiast it'll help! Zoom, online, with a live Q&A at the end, so a date for your diary!

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Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

It's happening! Aviation Cultures' team announce 2 Spotlight events to join the previously announced Mk.VIII Conference. The Spotlights are free and online. With topic experts on aviation writing, you don't want to miss them! Stay tuned for details, experts, and maybe YOU can contribute too? -JDK

Three posterettes, one with two men (James (JDK) and Phil over reacting to 'Logbooks & AvDocs' in front of a bookcase, and dated 8 November 2025. Below is a man on a typewriter sitting in an aeroplane cockpit, with the title 'Print the Legend' and 27-28 February 2026. Last is the previously seen poster for the full Aviation Conferences Mk.VIII Conference with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society at the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, Canada, and online, 17-20 June 2026.

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The countdown to Aviation Cultures Conference Mk.VIII is on! It's a pleasure to be working with @jdkightly.bsky.social and the whole @avculturesconf.bsky.social team to help organize the group's first Canadian event. 🇨🇦🤝🇦🇺 More details to come, including with a Call for Papers in the coming months 📝

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Typically, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan bestows honours unto so many worthy recipients across the Province. It was a distinct privilege to serve as Aide-de-Camp yesterday as Her Honour was invested as a Dame of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.

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James D Kightly @jdkightly.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Delighted to welcome @edwardsoye.bsky.social Soye to the @avculturesconf.bsky.social team as my co-organiser for AvCultures Canada in mid 2026. He has fantastic hands-on & academic aviation experience! We've complimentary outlooks, both having global aviation passions centred on Canada & Australia.

Edward Soye in flying kit stands with a WWII era NAA Harvard '43' and a modern turboprop Harvard trainer, also '43' as part of the commemoration of Canada's WWII contribution to training the British Empire's airmen. History and currency!

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In drafting my bio blurb for here on Bluesky, it felt important to flag the value of books. On that theme, I recommend the recent articles linked below. Both delve into the dangers of deleting history, knowledge and people’s stories. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch... thewalrus.ca/book-banning/

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Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever | The Walrus

Our libraries are being purged in the name of protecting kids

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Edward Soye @edwardsoye.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Hello Bluesky! I'm passionate about aviation history - whether in an archive or in the cockpit. I travel widely to experience both the past and present of many modes of transportation. And, I try to appreciate all history and heritage in the context of diverse cultures and lived experiences.

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