Dennis J. Bradley
Mr. Bradley - Founding President of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, an avid aircraft owner and restorer, world champion offshore boat racer and successful businessman.

Allan Ness
Mr. Ness was an aircraft owner and pilot. He trained as a wireless air gunner in World War II. In business life he was an investment counselor. He gave his life to flying. Alan Ness, lost his life when the Fairey Firefly he was piloting crashed into Lake Ontario. The aircraft would be replaced by another and Ness' memory is carried on through the awarding of the "Alan Ness Memorial Trophy" given annually to a deserving member of the museum.

Timothy Peter Matthews
Mr. Matthews - An aircraft owner and aviation enthusiast with a lifelong love of flying. In business life, an investment advisor and financial consultant.

John Weir
"Scruffy" was a Flight Lieutenant in No.1 Fighter Squadron (401 Sqn). He was shot down and interned in a P.O.W. (Prisoner of War) camp. He was one of the instigators of The Great Escape and an investment councilor in business life.

In Memory of John Gordon Weir...

It is with saddness that we announce the passing of John Gordon Weir, 90, on Sept. 20,2009 in Toronto, Canada.

There was an impromptu air show in honour of John on September 24, timed to coincide with the close of his memorial service at Upper Canada College's Laidlaw Hall. The small airshow featured the Second World War Lancaster Bomber in formation with a saucy-looking little training plane of the same vintage.

Dennis Bradley says Weir was a prisoner of war for four years. One day, when the museum founders were looking at airplanes, Weir spotted a de Havilland Chipmunk training plane.

It was love at first sight, says Bradley. "He took one look at that little plane and its registration number, CF-POW, and had to have it because it reminded him of his years as a prisoner of war. Weir bought the plane and donated it to the museum in 1973.

The little plane accompanied the Lanc in the flypast for Weir's memorial.

A fitting memorial for one of our valued founding fathers and a true hero!