Aviation and spaceflight have had a profound impact on Colorado’s past and will continue to shape our future. Our organization was founded in 1966 to preserve the story of these exciting endeavors and to honor the people who contributed to their success.
The Society’s aircraft and artifacts are on display at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver and at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.
Membership is open to all who have an interest in general, commercial, or military aviation. Our archives are available to authors and historians. CAHS publishes "From Balloons to Ballistics", a quarterly journal. Past issues of the journal are accessible on our organization's website, coahs.org. We are proud to have earned a Gold Seal rating from Candid/GuideStar.
Exploring our state’s great aviation heritage is the passion of our members. We work to discover, record, and preserve the stories of those creative and adventurous people who have made Colorado a major force in the development of aerospace activities worldwide.
The Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame was created in 1969 to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of aviation in Colorado. The first laureates were pioneer aviators who were self-taught and flew temperamental aircraft from open fields. Over time, laureates have included aircraft designers and manufacturers, fixed base operators, airline entrepreneurs, educators, journalists, and authors. Each of them has been a major contributor to the development of aviation in Colorado. The Hall of Fame is located at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.
The Aviation Archaeology branch of the Society was established in 2006. We investigate and inventory abandoned airfields, navigational beacons, aircraft crash sites and missile silos with the express purpose of collecting data on these sites for our archives, conserving our states’ aeronautical heritage, and educating the broader public. Program activities consist of researching, locating and defining these sites, followed by conducting field work expeditions. Members take part in a training course, produced by the North American Institute of Aviation Archaeology (NAIAA), to learn field work protocols and processes.
The Society has maintained an archive of historic documents, photographs, and ephemera for the past 56 years, relating to the development of aviation and space endeavors in Colorado. Used by authors, TV producers, and other historical organizations, these collected materials-housed at our office at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum-are available to researchers by appointment.
A group of Colorado aviation leaders formed the Society in 1966 with the object and purpose to acquire, restore, preserve and provide for the public display of aircraft and other items of historic interest related to the development of aviation and spaceflight in the state of Colorado. In 1969, they established the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of aviation and spaceflight in the state of Colorado and to preserve a record of their achievements.
Organization name
Colorado Aviation Historical Society
1966
Tax id (EIN)
84-6046975
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
7711 E Academy BlvdHeadquarters
Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum 7711 E Academy BlvdCO, US
WY, US