This artwork is based on a 1930s Qantas poster, but with several added elements of ‘Canadian Content’. The Short Empire flying boats, large and small, have been adapted to represent G-AFCV, named ‘Caribou’, which pioneered the Atlantic crossing in 1939, with aerial refuelling support based in Newfoundland. Artwork ‘remix’ by Phil Vabre.

Announcing Aviation Cultures’ next conference, Mk.VIII, a collaboration with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society in Canada and online 17-20 June 2026! The Aviation Cultures Mk.VIII Conference team is led by co-organisers Edward Soye, in Canada, and James Kightly, in Australia, as well as the Aviation Cultures team. The highly-experienced Canadian Aviation Historical Society will continue their usual Convention process, with both teams working jointly to bring the best of both worlds.

Please stay tuned across the usual social media channels, particularly this website, Facebook, LinkedIn and BlueSky, or go to the ‘Contact’ page at the header and we’ll get back to you! Because of the wider, global attendees, we’ll be announcing themes and opening a call for papers later this year. Among the usual CAHS Convention aspects, and the Aviation Cultures concepts, we’ll also be looking forward to exploring the similarities and contrasts between Australian and Canadian aviation.

In early 2025, we were delighted to mark ten years since the very first Aviation Cultures event took place on 27 February 2015 in Sydney. We are also very pleased to see Aviation Cultures continuing into 2026, and, as well as the joint conference in Canada, we have several more events lining up. Please stay tuned!

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