Colorado Aviation Historical Society
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Entrance to CAHS' Heritage Hall, Wings Museum, Denver,CO

Founded in 1966, The Colorado Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) acquires, restores, preserves and provides for public display, aircraft and other objects, documents, items and things of present or historical interest or value in connection with the development and history of aviation in the state of Colorado.^[1]

The CAHS honors the state's historic aviators and is the creator of the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is part of the Heritage Hall Exhibit Room located at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado. Exhibits are rotated periodically and depict such history as the Colorado Air National Guard, general aviation, women in aviation, timeline of aviation history, and Colorado commercial aviation.

CAHS' flagship program is the Aviation Archaeology (AvAr) Program.^[2] The Program was designed in 2005 and its inaugural class was held in 2006. The rudiments of aviation archaeology training subjects include prelimenary project research of accident reports, federal/state laws, simple pioneering, site documentation and investigation. Graduate Field Agents visits aircraft crash sites, old missiles facilities, former aircraft manufacturing facilities, abandon airfields and airstrips. There are over 700 military aircraft crash sites in Colorado.

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See also

• Peterson Air and Space Museum Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
• Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Pueblo Airport, Pueblo, CO
• Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum Pueblo Aiprot, Pueblo, CO
• Spirit of Flight Center Lafayette, CO
• Vintage Aero Flying Museum Platte Valley Aipark, Hudson, CO
• Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Old Lowry AFB Campus, Denver, CO
• List of aviation historical societies
• List of airports in Colorado