In honour of National Aviation Day and the 111th anniversary of powered flight in Canada, Calgarians headed to the Hangar Flight Museum to celebrate on Sunday.

The long-awaited unveiling of a restored Hawker Hurricane was attended by more than 100 aviation enthusiasts, including a Second World War pilot, in Calgary on Wednesday.

The 77-year-old Hawker Hurricane was originally stationed in Calgary. It will be unveiled to the public at the Hangar Flight Museum on Wednesday.

Just in time for the 2019 Calgary Stampede, an aviation museum opens an exhibit on an amazing emergency landing on the midway.

As a Typhoon fighter pilot, Hilton completed more than 100 operations across Europe during the Second World War and later went on to train hundreds of other young men to fly.

On Feb. 23, 1909, the Silver Dart successfully took to the skies, becoming the first controlled, powered flight in Canada.

It has taken years to re-build, but a rare World War II Hawker Hurricane fighter plane being restored in Alberta is almost ready to be unveiled.

Hundreds of people attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Hangar Flight Museum in northeast Calgary on Sunday. One of the guests was a 99-year-old WWII pilot who shared his memories of the horrors of war.