Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
 Hang side of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada |
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Winnipeg , Canada 
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The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (formerly Western Canada Aviation Museum ) is an aviation museum located at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba Province , Canada . It is the second largest aviation museum in the country. The exhibits are housed in a former hangar of Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada ) from the 1930s.
history
The Western Canada Aviation Museum was established in 1974 with the aim of preserving and showcasing Canadian aircraft development, specifically in Winnipeg, a center of aviation in the country. The spectrum ranges from bush planes to military aircraft as well as private and commercial aircraft.
On December 19, 2014, the museum was renamed The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada .
Exhibits
(Selection)
- Froebe Ornithopter, the first helicopter built in Canada
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
- Avrocar - replica
- Beechcraft Expeditor
- Bellanca Aircruiser
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Canadair CL-84
- Canadair Saber
- Canadian Vickers Vedette - reconstruction from three wrecks
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- de Havilland Tiger Moth
- Fairchild 71
- Fairchild Husky
- Fairchild Super 71
- Fokker Universal wreck
- Fokker Super Universal
- Junkers Ju 52 / 1m
- Lockheed Model 10 Electra
- McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo
- North American NA-64 Yale
- Stinson Reliant
- Vickers Viscount
- Waco YKC-S
There is also an exhibition on Canadian women in aviation, flight simulators, a Black Brant sounding rocket (built in Manitoba by Bristol Aerospace ), a collection of airmail envelopes, one signed by Charles Lindbergh and another signed by Orville Wright .
Archives and Library
The aviation library housed in the museum is one of the largest of its kind in Canada and also contains around 40,000 photographs, films and audio documents. There are also a number of unique items in the collection.
Cooperations / memberships
The museum is part of the Canadian Museums Association , the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Virtual Museum of Canada .
Web links
- Website of the museum (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article: A “Royal” Designation for Aviation Museum. Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, accessed January 25, 2016 .