Getting REEL close (geddit?). @avculturesconf.bsky.social Mk VIII is on: 17-20 June in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Even if you can't join us in person, you can still register online. We'd love to see you! Why join us? Some reasons here. And a fake air traffic controller. Ha! vimeo.com/1198957731?s...

Fancy a view of the driver's seat? These will be accessible at the forthcoming @avculturesconf.bsky.social at the KF Centre for Excellence, June 17-20, tickets via our website! The KF Centre staff and volunteers will be facilitating our access. Don't miss it! aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

Which KF Centre for Excellence aircraft would you like to hear more about? Mosquito? Starfighter? Tempest? Sabre? What do you want to know? All are up for details from staff and volunteers at @avculturesconf.bsky.social Mk VIII this 18-20 June. Join us, you can ask the questions...

You've got Sabre jet fighters. What are you going to replace them with? Australia went French (seen here). Canada went Starfighter, Join us at @avculturesconf.bsky.social Mk VIII Conference 17-20 June to see an F-104 and find out more! vimeo.com/1194693093

Today's the 84th Anniversary of the first flight of the CAC CA-12 Boomerang on 29th May 1942. From an earlier @avculturesconf.bsky.social Conference, here's our 5 min video 'Boomerang Story'. Join us at AvCultures Mk VIII, in person in Canada, or online, for more great stories! vimeo.com/517474962

Our reel talking about the Sabre type, reflecting the RAAF's CAC (Avon) Sabre vs the Canadair example, illustrated with the Sabre at Moorabbin Air Museum and the former flying example A94-983. vimeo.com/1194693094?f...

Museum attendee feedback on Mk V: "a fabulous opportunity to come together with fellow aviation/heritage professionals in a very accessible way. ... I particularly loved the ability to be able to live comment and chat with other participants, which made it feel more inclusive and less isolating."

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...

Our friends at the KF Centre for Excellence are celebrating the first flight of the DHC Chipmunk a couple of days ago, so here’s a quick antipodian mention, including a VERY early example, still flying in Australia. 1/2 vimeo.com/1186608842?f...

Bristol Stories: Australia to Canada. A look at the rare Bristol Beaufighter at the Moorabbin Air Museum, and considering the divergent paths of the Australian and Canadian Bristol heritage - from the Beaufort to the Bolingbroke. vimeo.com/1194691708?f...

The faces you make when the Reel filing is going well... ...and when it isn't. @philthyavnurd.bsky.social & @jdkightly.bsky.social getting it 'in the can' (or not) for @avculturesconf.bsky.social. Stay tuned! Better still join us at the even 'IRL', or online: aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

The @avculturesconf.bsky.social are a place to try out ideas w well-informed peers, experts in similar or VERY diverse fields, who'll engage with your ideas and welcome the back-&-forth. What might come out of AvCultures Mk VIII? You might make a breakthrough! aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

As our Canadian Aviation Historical Society friends say: "Reconnect with your friends, meet people from around the world who share your passion for aviation, and join us in one of Canada’s most scenic destinations. We look forward to welcoming you to Kelowna this June!" www.cahs.com/cahs-nationa...

Exciting! In exactly ONE month we'll be at the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, BC, Canada, to kick off the @avculturesconf.bsky.social Mk VIII Conference in partnership with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society's Convention. It's the people that make it! aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

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...

"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

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...

Great news coming! It's about one of the attached. Even without the 'upgrade', we can confirm we've noted experts presenting on each of all four types. Which one gets the 'upgrade'? Either way, with those four to hear about, why wouldn't you join us? Please do: aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

I’m really looking forward to meeting fellow museums people - among others - at Aviation Cultures Mk VIII in a month or so. If you’re interested in aviation in any dimension, why don’t you think about joining us?

We're very much looking forward to the Aviation Cultures Mk VIII Conference in Kelowna at the KF Centre for Excellence and in partnership with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society. Why? Because museums. Phil gives us a teaser... vimeo.com/1190095339

At June's @avculturesconf.bsky.social event with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) at KF Centre for Excellence (CFE) each group is hosting speakers. Our hosts, the CFE, have D’Arcy Barker, their chief aircraft maintenance engineer talking about the Hawker Tempest (& others)... 1/3

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.

TICKETS! AvCultures Mk VIII & CAHS Convention ticket offices are OPEN. First details of the programme, events, highlights are listed. Join us at the KF Centre For Excellence, pictured! Online access tickets are Can$50, in person Can$350 ($325 for CAHS members). aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

James here! I'm v much looking forward to getting back to Kelowna for Aviation Cultures Mk VIII, with our partners the Canadian Aviation Historical Society at the KF Centre of Excellence with their great aircraft collection and display, inc their CF-104. Oh, and some Canadian lake time! kfcentre.ca

The programme for the Aviation Cultures Conference, Mk VIII is NEARLY ready to share. It'll be at the KF Centre For Excellence, Canada, AND online, in partnership with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) on 17-20 June 2026. Stay tuned for more aviationcultures.org Your Easter treat! -JDK

We’ve got some interesting tales to tell, factual and fictional - don’t miss any of it, including ‘the Jameses Show’ in the third session! -JDK

It’s the final countdown to our Print the Legend event! (If you sang that line in your head, you can thank me for the earworm later! 😊) Our first session kicks off (or should we say “gets airborne"?) at 9:00am AEDT (Queensland time) on Friday, 27 February. 1/

Don't forget to register for Print the Legend!

Last chance! Extended call for papers for AvCultures Conference Mk. VIII closes on 5th Feb, central Canada time, so get your paper in - we hope to see you in Kelowna, BC Canada in June! (Not forgetting the forthcoming free, online Searchlight event 27-28 Feb.) aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

It’s terrific to share and expand on a peer’s insight - rare when we’re BOTH Jameses, ha! Do come along to hear and several other experts (not called James) at the forthcoming ‘Print the Legend’ free online Spotlight. Join us for the Q&A there too!

For our next presenter profile the Aviation Cultures team are thrilled to welcome Ian Castle to Print the Legend. His presentation is titled "Will the real Von Buttlar please stand up?" Register here: unisq.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Aviation #Zepplins #AviationCulture

Don't miss it! It's free to attend our Print the Legend Spotlight event on 27-28 Feb online, and we have the full conference, in person in Kelowna, BC Canada and also online, so do join us! We are still accepting papers for the AvCultures Conference in June, for details, see below!

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...

Another of the presenters in Print the Legend (aviationcultures.org/spotlights/p...) will be Dr Amanda Laugesen, presenting “Flying War Stories: Australian Aviation War Memoirs, Publishing, and the Evolution of the Genre”. >

Sign up for this folks! Everything Aviation Cultures does is wizard, it's global, and it's free! @jamesjhistory.bsky.social @jdkightly.bsky.social @kristenauthor.bsky.social

In the first presenter profile for Print the Legend, (27-28 February - register here: unisq.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ) we are thrilled to welcome backour old friend Guillaume de Syon. Guillaume’s presentation is titled “Hot Air Stories? Figuring out the “real” Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin”. >

We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for our upcoming “Searchlight” event Print the Legend! So, what can you expect from this free event? Held online on 27 & 28 February, with 3 sessions and 11 presenters. Take a look at the session program below to see what's in store! 1>

Review of Relentless Skies: The Most Efficient Airman by Ian Campbell. I met Ian when he visited the @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social He helped with descriptions for our collection of Bennett's material. @aircrewbookreview.bsky.social #history #histbookchat @avculturesconf.bsky.social

An exciting opportunity in Kelowna. Great to see the twin Merlins on this Mozzie in action! @avculturesconf.bsky.social and the Canadian Aviation Historical Society will be at the KF Centre for Excellence in June, so see you and the Mozzie there, then! -JDK kfcentre.ca/mosquito-eng...

This was fun. I'm looking forward to the second session, which begins at 2100 UK time.

So modest! In reality, Peter’s an exceptional font of wisdom - and the only ‘Emeritus’ we have in either session!

8 Hrs to Aviation Cultures Spotlight on Logbooks and AvDocs! Join us free, online on Zoom to join our distinguished international speakers, followed by the rare opportunity to ask questions of the experts. Full details aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...

How did the IBCC Digital Archive’s ethos of remembrance, recognition, and reconciliation as an approach to difficult heritage, lead to the way Bomber Command logbooks are described in the archive? Sign up, and I'll tell you... @avculturesconf.bsky.social @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #History #WW2

Reminder! Only 2 days to the free online Logbooks & AvDocs. Did Guy Gibson 'fudge' his logbook? And one of our experts' 'smoking gun' document: "...reminding audiences that you can’t always trust the people you think you should be able to trust." Join us! -JDK aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...

I'm looking forward to presenting in the first session of this online event, on RFC and RAF manuals and related literature. The session starts on Saturday at 0900 UCT (that's GMT in old money).

Engaged in aviation history research? We've got a VERY useful, FREE, online Spotlight this weekend. In-depth WWII British Commonwealth insight in Sess 1, many wider insights inc legal docs & getting your P-51 papers in Tech Order: Sess 2. Join us! -JDK. Details: aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...

Logbook oddities? We’re interested. What’s the strangest, funniest or most unexpected thing that you’ve found* in an aviation logbook? We’ll be talking ‘Logbooks & Avdocs’ in our next Spotlight event, free, online, in just over a month. Can you tease us with an odd fact first? -JDK

@avculturesconf.bsky.social Update! The Call for Papers for the ‘Print the Legend’ Spotlight is still open. (Closes 31 Oct). We’re looking for papers that interrogate the boundaries between truth and legend, and that contribute to a richer, nuanced understanding of aviation’s cultural legacy... 1/n

Going to be worth your time! @danellin.bsky.social shares great research.

🛩️Call for Papers for "Print the Legend"🛩️is now open Held online 27–28 February 2026 CfP closes 31 October 2025. Inspired by “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” we invite scholars, practitioners & enthusiasts to explore the intersection of fact & fiction in aviation history. 1/6