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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aviation museum in Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport.
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum (French: Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada) (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum and National Aeronautical Collection) is Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport.[1]
History
Aerial view of the Canada Aviation Museum as it was then known, on 5 June 2005. The triangular structure is the main museum building. The rectangular white building to the left of it is the new museum storage building opened 14 April 2005.
Fleet Canuck serial number 149, in the museum's storage building
Aeronca C-2 CF-AOR, in the museum's storage building
Zenair CH 300 Tri Zenith C-GOVK used by Red Morris to make a record-setting non-stop flight across Canada in 1978. The aircraft is in the museum's storage building
Canada's first amateur-built aircraft, Stitts SA-3A Playboy CF-RAD, in the museum's storage building
An original single-seat Rutan Quickie powered by an Orion 18 hp (14 kW) industrial motor. This aircraft is in the museum's storage hangar.
The museum was first formed in 1964 at RCAF Station Rockcliffe as the National Aeronautical Collection from the amalgamation of three separate existing collections. These included the National Aviation Museum at Uplands, which concentrated on early aviation and bush flying; the Canadian War Museum collection, which concentrated on military aircraft, and which included many war trophies, some dating back to World War One, and the RCAF Museum which focused on those aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
In 1982 the collection was renamed the National Aviation Museum and in 1988 the collection was moved to a new experimental type triangular hangar from the Second World War-era wooden hangars it had been residing in. In 2006 an additional hangar was opened, which allows all of the collection's aircraft to be stored indoors.
The museum closed 2 September 2008 for remodeling and rearrangement of the aircraft on display. This project was completed and the museum reopened 19 November 2008. The changes made include making space for a new exhibition entitled Canadian Wings: A Remarkable Century of Flight that was unveiled on 23 February 2009, the centennial of the first heavier than air aircraft flight in Canada.[2][3]
In December 2008, the museum announced that approval had been granted for a C$7M expansion to begin in May 2009 and to be completed by the fall of 2010. The improvements carried out included an addition of 2600 m² (28,000 ft²) giving 18% more space and providing room for a new foyer, auditorium, cafeteria, retail space, a landscaped entrance and classrooms.[4]
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is under the control of Ingenium, previously known as the Canadian Science and Technology Museums Corporation.[6] Ingenium is an autonomous Crown corporation which works to preserve and protect Canada's scientific and technical heritage. The Corporation is responsible for three museums: the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canada Agriculture Museum and the Canada Science and Technology Museum.
The museum's collection contains a wide variety of civilian and military aircraft, representing the history of Canadian aviation from the pioneer era before the First World War up to the present day. Particularly noteworthy is the collection of vintage bushplanes from the 1920s to the 1940s. The military aircraft represent aircraft flown by Canadians in the First World War, Second World War, and the Cold War. The museum's best known exhibit is the surviving components of the Avro Arrow interceptor from the late 1950s.
^"HISPANO HA-1112-M1L BUCHÓN". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 2017.
^"JUNKERS J.I". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"JUNKERS W 34F/FI". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"LOCKHEED F-104A STARFIGHTER". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"LOCKHEED L-12A ELECTRA JUNIOR". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"LOCKHEED L-1329 JETSTAR 6". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"MAURICE FARMAN S.11 SHORTHORN". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation Powered by Image of the OpenText logo. Retrieved 2017.
^"MCDONNELL CF-101B VOODOO". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
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Griffin, J. A./Smith, R. H./Castle, K. D., Canadian Military Aircraft. Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces. Serials and Photographs 1968-1998 Queen's Printer, 1969, page 213
^"PIASECKI HUP-3". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"PITCAIRN-CIERVA PCA-2". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"PITTS SPECIAL S-2A (MODIFIED)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY B.E.2C". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"QUICKIE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SIKORSKY S-51 H-5 DRAGONFLY". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SIKORSKY S-55 HO4S-3". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SIKORSKY R-4B". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SOPWITH 2F.1 SHIP CAMEL". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SOPWITH 7F.1 SNIPE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SOPWITH PUP". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SOPWITH TRIPLANE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SPECTRUM BEAVER RX550". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"STEARMAN 4EM SENIOR SPEEDMAIL". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"STINSON SR RELIANT". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"STITTS SA-3A PLAYBOY". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.IIB". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE L.F. MK.IX". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.XVIE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"TAYLORCRAFT BC-65". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"TAYLOR E-2 CUB". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"TRAVEL AIR 2000". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"WACO 10 (GXE)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"WACO VKS-7F". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"WESTLAND LYSANDER III". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.
^"WILLS WING XC-185". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 2017.