January 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The next regular meeting will take place at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada and by Zoom on Thursday 25 January at 7 pm CST.
Our speaker is retired University of Manitoba professor of engineering Ostap Hawaleshka. Ostap was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2001 for his work in founding the Science and Technology Centre in Ukraine. He will speak about the Soviet / Ukrainian Antonov Design Bureau and their extensive line of transport aircraft, which include the AN-124 Condor and the AN-225 Mriya. The Mriya was the heaviest airplane ever to fly, with a maximum take-off weight of 1.4 million pounds. He previously spoke to the chapter in April 2011.
Registration for this meeting is required at CAHS-MB.
The meeting Zoom link will be provided around two hours before the meeting. Please register early enough to receive the link.
Meetings are free and open to CAHS members and everyone interested in Canadian aviation history. Donuts and coffee are included!
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