Remembering the Pioneers

Find out more about the founder of Dassault Aviation.

“Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame is thrilled to announce the resumption of inductions following a hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Rod Sheridan, Chairman of the Board for the Hall.

Before the first flight of the Wright brothers, Tsiolkovsky published an article titled, ‘Exploration of outer space by means of rocket devices.’ He later became known as one of the fathers of rocketry.

Neil J Armstrong, BASc, was born in Alvinston, Ontario on April 15, 1920.

The remarkable story of the "luckiest man alive."

Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe was responsible for designing the first aircraft with an enclosed cabin and patented the control column. During World War I, thousands of AVRO 504 biplanes served in combat and as training aircraft.

Many inventors, including the Wright brothers, applied the principles discovered in Horatio Philips' experiments.