A symposium on the deHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver bushplane will be held during the day of Friday May 25, 2007. This event is being hosted by the Canadian Aviation
Historical Society (CAHS) in conjunction with their 2007 Annual General Meeting and Convention. CAHS is joining with the Toronto Aerospace Museum to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first flight of
this remarkable Toronto-designed aircraft.
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Opening remarks by Fred W. Hotson, Author, "de Havilland in Canada" |
| 9:15 am – 10:15 am | Beaver Pilots Panel - “Beaver Operations – Flying the Half-Ton” |
| 10:45 am – 12:00 pm | The Beaver as Agplane, Dr. Renald Fortier, Curator, Canada Aviation Museum |
| 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | The Beaver goes to War as the L-20, Carl Mills, Author & Historian |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15pm | Where are the Beavers now? Neil Aird, Artist & Beaver Historian |
| 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm | The future of the Beaver in the 21st Century, Viking Air, Sidney B.C. |
A “box lunch” will be served at noon and there will be two coffee
breaks with light refreshments.
