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 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 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.
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.
We now have an opportunity to purchase an original Colorado designed and fabricated Steen Skybolt aerobatic aircraft. Designed in 1970 as a student engineering project by Denver Public Schools High School teacher Lamar Steen, the Skybolt project was conceived to give Denver Manual High School students a “real world” project to teach multiple skills in design and construction. The project was a tremendous success and inspired similar efforts at other high schools around the nation. The Skybolt became one of the most popular aerobatic aircraft of its era with over 600 built from kits. CAHS is hoping to purchase one of the last aircraft in its original configuration for display at the Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver. This would become a lasting tribute to Lamar Steen’s engineering skill and creative teaching methods and inspire students and aviation enthusiasts
The object and purpose for which the Society was formed is to acquire, restore, and preserve and provide for public display, aircraft and other items of historic interest in connection with the development of aviation and space flight in the state of Colorado.
Organization name
Colorado Aviation Historical Society
1966
Tax id (EIN)
84-6046975
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
PO BOX 201615Headquarters
Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum 7711 E Academy BlvdCO, US
WY, US