Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (formerly the Western Canada Aviation Museum) is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The museum is temporarily closed for relocation, and is scheduled to reopen in 2021.

Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
Location within Manitoba
Former name
Western Canada Aviation Museum
Established1974 (1974)
LocationWinnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates49.895668°N 97.221036°W / 49.895668; -97.221036
TypeAviation museum
PresidentTerry Slobodian
CEOTerry Slobodian
Websiteroyalaviationmuseum.com

History

The Western Canada Aviation Museum was incorporated in 1974.[1] In November of that year it put forward an application to the Federal government for a grant to set up a 19-acre (7.7 ha) site at St. Andrews Airport.[2] However, the museum ended up in downtown Winnipeg near the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature.[3] By the next year, the Museum had 25 military and civilian aircraft in its collection.[4] In the mid-1980s, the museum moved to a former Transair hangar, T-2, at Winnipeg International Airport.[3][5]

The museum developed a master plan in 2013 with the design firm Reich&Petch.[6]

The museum received the Royal designation on December 19, 2014 to become the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.[7]

The museum closed its Ferry Road site in October 2018 after the lease on the hangar expired. However, following a grant from the federal government in July 2019, construction of a new 86,000-square-foot museum building began in May 2020.[8][9][10] By November 2020, construction was more than half complete.[11]

Exhibits

A fully enclosed flight deck to watch the landings and takeoffs at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport is one of the other attractions. The collection is housed in an original Trans-Canada Air Lines aircraft hangar and includes a recreated terminal departure centre and several one-of-a-kind aircraft, historic military jets, bush planes, and commercial aircraft.

The Museum also houses an exhibit about Canadian Women in Aviation, flight simulators, a Black Brant Rocket (built in Manitoba by Bristol Aerospace), and other aviation memorabilia, such as a collection of first airmail covers (i.e. envelopes, including one signed by Charles Lindbergh and Orville Wright).[12] In 2012, an exhibit displaying Canada's role in coastal patrol was opened.

Aircraft on display
Avrocar model
Lockheed Electra 10A "CF-TCC" in Trans-Canada Air Lines livery.
A Vickers Vedette replica
Exterior of the Vickers Viscount

Archives and library

The comprehensive aviation reference library housed at the Museum is one of the largest in the country, with holdings of books, magazines, technical manuals, and drawings, as well as some 40,000 photographs, films, and audiotapes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else.[12]

One item in the archives is a rare, five-minute film of Amelia Earhart embarking on her solo trans-Atlantic flight from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on May 21, 1932.

The library is open to the public on an appointment basis and photos, films, and audiotapes are loaned or copied on request.

Recovery and restoration

The Museum has an active Restoration Department and has returned many damaged aircraft to full display condition. A team of volunteers completed a full-scale replica of a Canadian Vickers Vedette Mark V (CF-MAG) aircraft in May 2002.

The Museum has facilitated the recovery of several aircraft, including the "Ghost of Charron Lake" - a Fokker Standard Universal that has taken more than 30 years to locate. It is currently in a recovery and retrieval phase, after which it will begin its restoration.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.

See also

References

Notes
  1. Ogden 1986, p. 26.
  2. "Canada's First Helicopter". Winnipeg Free Press. November 12, 1974. p. 3.
  3. Love, Myron (June 8, 2020). "Winnipeg aviation museum begins construction of new facility amidst COVID-19". Journal of Commerce. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  4. "Western Canada Aviation Museum". Winnipeg Free Press. July 25, 1975. p. 14.
  5. "A fond farewell to Hangar T-2". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. March 25, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  6. "Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada". Reich&Petch. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  7. "A Royal Designation for Aviation Museum". Western Canada Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  8. "Construction on new Winnipeg aviation museum cleared for takeoff with federal funding". CBC. July 23, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  9. Dawkins, Glen (July 24, 2019). "Western Canada aviation museum ready to take flight". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  10. "Construction begins on Royal Aviation Museum". Winnipeg Sun. May 2, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  11. "Construction more than half complete for Royal Aviation Museum". Skies. November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  12. Ogden 1986, p. 27.
  13. "Packing up the RAMWC". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. April 3, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  14. "Avro Canuck, CF 100". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 20, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  15. "Avro Canada Avrocar". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 23, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  16. "Beech Musketeer, CAF 134235". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  17. "Beech Expeditor, RCAF 1477". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  18. "Winnipeg - Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada". SpottingMode. September 1, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  19. "Bellanca Aircruiser, CF-AWR". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  20. "Bristol Freighter, CF-WAE". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  21. "Airframe Dossier - Bristol Freighter 31, s/n 9699 RCAF, c/n 13219, c/r CF-WAE". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  22. "Sabre F-86 MK6, 1815". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  23. "T-33 Silver Star, RCAF 21075". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  24. "Canadair Tutor". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  25. "Vickers Vedette, CF-MAG". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 24, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  26. "Article: Vedette–Return of a Classic". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. December 18, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  27. "Junkers JU-52/1M, CF-ARM". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  28. "Fox Moth, CF-BNP". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  29. "Article: Red and Shiny Wins". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. August 25, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  30. "de Havilland DH-82C Tiger Moth, CF-COU". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  31. "de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, C-FMAA". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  32. Aird, Neil. "1500". DHC-2.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  33. "Fairchild 71C, CF-AKT". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 22, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  34. "Airframe Dossier - Fairchild F-11, c/n 2, c/r C-GCYV". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  35. "Fairchild Super 71, CF-AUJ". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  36. "Fokker Standard Universal, G-CAJD". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  37. "Fokker Super Universal, CF-AAM". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 7, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  38. Meal, Xavier. "Return Of The Super Universal". Aeroplane, Volume 29, Issue 6, 2001.
  39. "Froebe Helicopter". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  40. "Froebe Ornithopter". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 25, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  41. "Heath Parasol". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  42. "Kolb Flyer". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  43. "Lockheed 10A Electra, CF-TCC". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  44. "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed L-10A Electra, s/n 1528 RCAF, c/n 1064, c/r CF-HED". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  45. "Voodoo, CF-101". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 21, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  46. "Airframe Dossier - McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo, s/n 101034 CAF, c/n 540". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  47. "Airframe Dossier - Noorduyn Norseman IVW, s/n 2456 RCAF, c/n 029, c/r CF-BTC". Aerial Visuals. Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  48. "Harvard". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  49. "Airframe Dossier - North American NA-64 Yale, s/n 3430 RCAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  50. "Stinson SR-8CM Reliant, CF-AZV". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  51. "Vickers Viscount". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. June 26, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  52. Blampied, Geoff. "Viscount c/n 279". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  53. "WACO, CF-AYS". Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

Bibliography
  • Hunt, Leslie. Veteran and Vintage Aircraft. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1971. ISBN 0-8008-7948-1.
  • Ogden,Bob. Great Aircraft Collections of the World. New York: Gallery Books, 1986. ISBN 1-85627-012-2.
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