This year's Festival, which takes place on May 26th and 27th, will include a fly-in of dozens of vintage and modern aircraft and a rally of hundreds of classic cars, motorcycles and military vehicles at Downsview Park. The 2007 Festival will feature a 60th
anniversary homecoming fly-in of Beaver bush planes: Beaver aircraft from around North America are expected to be on public display.
Pilots will be able to fly in to Downsview airport to attend the Beaver Symposium and Festival. Advance reservations are required to land at this private airport, which is owned by Bombardier Aerospace and used to flight test new Q Series Dash 8 airliners and Global Series business jets.
The Beaver is considered Canada's most successful aircraft design and was recognized in 1986 as one of the top 10 Canadian engineering achievements of the last century. The Toronto Aerospace Museum building is the original birthplace of the prototype Beaver, CF-FHB-X, which made its first flight in the hands of test
pilot Russell Bannock at Downsview on August 16, 1947.
