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Famous Wooden Warplane Coming Soon to the Okanagan
Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence acquires one of the last de Havilland Mosquitos The KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence (opening later this year) is excited to announce a ...
Update: December 2021
End of Year (2021) Update We’re excited to bring you a quick recap as we close in on a successful year of construction. With the core building components ...
Part Three: Hawker Tempest II MW376 Restoration Project at KF Aerospace
The team tackles the hydraulics system on the Hawker and the project becomes a true family affair for KF Aerospace founder Barry Lapointe.
Update: July 2021 – the Centre is coming together!
Wow! What a difference a month makes. In our May/June 2021 construction update for the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence, we showed you the foundation going in and ...
Update: May/ June 2021
Following our official groundbreaking in March, construction on the Centre for Excellence has been heating up (along with the weather). Not only have we seen much of the foundation ...
Part Two: Hawker Tempest II MW376 Restoration Project at KF Aerospace
The team leans on their strengths and confronts some conventional wisdom to make significant progress on this one-of-a-kind historical restoration project. Watch Part Two below: ...
Return of the Odyssey 86
Classic aircraft comes home The KF Aerospace facility in Kelowna had a very special arrival on April 11, 2021. A DC-3 - the same one that KF ...
The Honourable Harjit Sajjan Announces Federal Funding for Centre of Excellence
Another week, another big milestone for the KF Aerospace for Excellence. Yesterday, The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, joined us virtually to announce some federal funding ...
Centre celebrates official groundbreaking
Left to right: Centre Executive Director Paula Quinn, Kelowna Mavor Colin Basran, KF founder and CEO Barry Lapointe, KF President Tracv Medve, VLW Director Sam Samaddar Ceremony ...
Hawker Tempest Restoration Project: Watch Part One
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, KF Aerospace founder and CEO Barry Lapointe is on a mission to restore a WWII-era Hawker Tempest II and get it back in the air. ...
Centre for Excellence Updated Renderings – Jan 2021
We're getting excited and we hope you are too. Check out our latest renderings for the Centre!
Kelowna City Council Approves Development Permit
The KF Centre for Excellence is cleared for takeoff On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Kelowna City Council approved the development permit for our 3-storey aviation museum and conference ...