The 2011 Aviation Archaeology Summit will be held in Las Vegas, April 29th - May 1st, 2010. More details to follow soon.   

The weekend of July 16th, the Colorado AvAr Team will return to the Glendo Monomail site for a weekend of field work and further site surveying to scope out the crash site as it exists today.   

On April 17 and 18, 2010, a group of aviation archaeology professionals, avocational and interested persons met in Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, "Jeffco", for a two-day summit meeting represented by Arizona, California, Canada, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. These dedicated persons represents the interests of wreck chasers, aircraft recovery teams, and avocational archaeologists.

This North American Aviation Archaeology Summit sponsored by the North American Institute of Aviation Archaeology and CAHS's "AvAr" Staff. The attendiees discussed all aspects of aviation archaeology, wreck chasing, recovery, modern archaeology techniques, ethics, education, training, hobby enthusiasts, and professional interests. The group held breakout sessions, with consensus and voting determined the Summit's outcome.

The Summit created an initial organizationrespresenting the United States and Canada, now to be called: ''Aviation Archaeology and Heritage Association'' with 100% agreement to expand with all nations' interests in aviation archaeology and wreck chasing.

AvAr Team returns to site of 1943 Ordway B-17 crash to do an initial site survey.

On January 24, 1943, at approximately 23:05 hours Mountain War Time (MWT), a USAAF B-17F, A.F. No. 42-5334, assigned to the 334^th Bombardment Squadron, 95^th Bombardment Group, 2^nd Air Force, assigned to Rapid City Army Air Base, Rapid City, South Dakota, impacted terrain while in flight near Ordway, Colorado. All ten crew members on this flight were mortally wounded (see A.F. Form 14, 0904-CS-DO-001).
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The North American Aviation Archaeology Summit 2010 will be held at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colorado, over the weekend of April 17th & 18th, 2010.

Hosted by the North American Institute of Aviation Archaeology (NAIAA) and the Northern Colorado field office of AvAr, this two day event is intended to gather serious members of the aviation archaeology and wreckchasing communities in an effort to establish guidelines for a multi-national organization.

Focused on open discussion and workgroup sessions, the design of this conference is to maximize participation for all who attend.  Rather than offering presentations of past accomplishments, attendees will be invited to contribute ideas based on knowledge and previous experiences that will lend to the development of a new, national organization of aviation archaeology.   Read More...