The Hangar Flight Museum Explained

The Hangar Flight Museum
Map Type:Alberta
Former Name:Aero Space Museum of Calgary
Location:Calgary, Alberta
Type:Aerospace museum
Director:Brian Desjardins
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The Hangar Flight Museum, formerly known as the Aero Space Museum of Calgary, is a museum located south of Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

History

The museum was founded in 1975 as the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary by aviation enthusiasts and former World War II pilots. It built upon the history of an earlier private collection called the Air Museum of Canada. The museum moved to its current location in a former British Commonwealth Air Training Plan hangar in 1985.[1]

A renovation was carried out in 2016 that included replacing the roof and installing a new HVAC system. That same year, the museum changed its name to The Hangar Flight Museum.[2]

Following a seven-year restoration, the museum's Hawker Hurricane returned in 2019.[3] Earlier that year, it began restoring its CF-100.[4]

The museum's annex, a building used to store aircraft from its collection, had its fabric roof badly damaged in a windstorm in March 2023. This was the second time the building had been damaged by weather. The museum is engaged in fundraising to construct a new museum building.[5] [6] [7]

Exhibits

The museum has an exhibit Canadian space programs as well as an archives containing documents about aeronautics.[8]

A central War memorial stone slab and four other memorial slabs were erected by the Aircrew Association (Southern Alberta Branch) and the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary. The plaque name the commonwealth air forces who trained in Calgary as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); Royal Air Force (RAF); Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). In front of the slabs, a gravel mural of a Canadian roundel was painted.

The Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary erected a list of honour memorial dedicated to the Alberta Airmen who were killed in the Second World War.

The museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

Aircraft on display

Airplanes

Gliders

Helicopters

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Museum History . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Civic Partner 2016 Annual Report Snapshot - Aerospace Museum Association of Calgary . eScribe . 17 November 2020.
  3. News: King . Michael . Restored Second World War aircraft returns to Calgary . 17 November 2020 . Global News . 1 November 2019.
  4. News: Kaufmann . Bill . Museum gets city clearance for aircraft rescue mission . 9 October 2023 . 23 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Winter weather leads to ‘heartbreaking’ damage at Calgary museum. 18 March 2023. Global News. Global News. globalnews.ca. 6 March 2023. https://archive.today/20230318143254/https://globalnews.ca/video/9532128/winter-weather-leads-to-heartbreaking-damage-at-calgary-museum/. 18 March 2023. live.
  6. Web site: Calgary Aviation Museum Suffers Storm Damage. 15 March 2023. Canadian Aviator. canadianaviator.com. 17 March 2023. https://archive.today/20230318143254/https://canadianaviator.com/calgary-aviation-museum-suffers-storm-damage/. 18 March 2023. live.
  7. News: Kaufmann . Bill . 'It's our time': Hangar Flight Museum proposes $60-million expansion . 9 October 2023 . Calgary Herald . 20 October 2022.
  8. Web site: Archives . Aero Space Museum . 17 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090529083355/http://asmac.ab.ca/html/archives.html . 29 May 2009.
  9. Web site: AEA Silver Dart . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  10. Web site: Aeronca Champion . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  11. Web site: AVRO 652 ANSON MK. II. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  12. Web site: AVRO LANCASTER MK X. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  13. Web site: AVRO CANADA CF-100 CANUCK. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  14. Web site: BARKLEY GROW T8P-1. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  15. Web site: BEECHCRAFT D18S EXPEDITOR MK.3NM. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  16. Web site: NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  17. Web site: Cessna 140 . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  18. Web site: CESSNA 188 AG WAGON. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  19. Web site: de Havilland D.H.82C Tiger Moth . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  20. Web site: DE HAVILLAND DH 100 VAMPIRE F MK. III. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  21. Web site: DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-6 TWIN OTTER. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  22. Web site: DOUGLAS DC-3 (C-47, R4D, DAKOTA). thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  23. Web site: Hawker Hurricane 5389 Mk XII. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 21 December 2019.
  24. Web site: MCDONNELL CF-101B VOODOO. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum. Canada . 17 December 2016.
  25. Web site: NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  26. Web site: Quickie Aircraft Corp. Quickie 2 . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  27. Web site: SOPWITH TRIPLANE. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  28. Web site: TAYLORCRAFT AUSTER MK. VII. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  29. Web site: 1936 Waco EQC-6 Custom Waco Cabin Series . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  30. Web site: Cherokee II . thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 November 2020.
  31. Web site: SA 316/319B AÉROSPATIALE ALOUETTE III. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  32. Web site: BELL 47G. thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  33. Web site: SIKORSKY S-51 DRAGONFLY (H-5). thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.
  34. Web site: SIKORSKY S-55 HORSE (H-19, H04S). thehangarmuseum.ca . The Hangar Flight Museum . Canada . 17 December 2016.

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