Canadian Museum of Flight explained

Canadian Museum of Flight
Established:1977
Location:Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Website:www.canadianflight.org

The Canadian Museum of Flight (formally the Canadian Museum of Flight Association since 1998) is an aviation museum at the Langley Regional Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The museum has over 25 civilian and military jets, piston driven engine aircraft, gliders, and helicopters on display, six of which have been restored to flying condition. Other displays include an aviation art gallery and aviation artifacts.

Hampden bomber

The museum's Handley Page Hampden is the last of its type in existence. The aircraft was used in coastal patrol on the BC coast in World War II and crashed offshore in 1942. It was recovered in 1985 and was restored over a twenty-year period. The rare aircraft is stored outdoors, and on 26 December 2008, an especially heavy snowfall broke the left wing spars. This caused the wing to separate from the fuselage.[1]

Collection

Airplanes

PlaneSerial
Avro Canada CF-100 CanuckSerial 38, RCAF18138
Beechcraft Model 18
Bristol Bolingbroke
Canadair CT-114 Tutor
Canadair Quickie
Conair Firecat
de Havilland Tiger MothC1178
de Havilland VampireEEP42376, RCAF17058
Douglas DC-3
Fleet Finch542
Fleet Canuck220
Handley Page HampdenP5436
North American Harvard07-144
Lockheed F-104 StarfighterRCAF12645, CAF104645
Lockheed T-33
Mignet Pou-du-Ciel
Nelson Dragonfly506
Radioplane BTT
North American P-51 Mustang (2/3-scale replica)
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 (7/8-scale replica)
Sopwith Camel (replica)
Sopwith Pup (replica)
Boeing-Stearman Model 7575 523
Waco AQC-64646
Waco INF3324
Westland Lysander1194

Helicopters

PlaneSerial
Bensen B-8
Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw53-4414
Struchen Ultralight

Affiliations

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snowfall Snaps Wing Off Rare Vintage Plane . 2009-01-05. Niles. Russ. January 2009.