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.
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| Established | 1977 |
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| Location | Langley, British Columbia, Canada |
| Website | www.canadianflight.org |
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] Over the Summer of 2012, a rebuilt replica wing was fixed to the root and is now open for public display once again.
Collection
Airplanes
| Plane | Serial |
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| Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck | 18138 |
| Beechcraft Model 18 | |
| Bristol Bolingbroke | |
| Canadair CT-114 Tutor | |
| Canadair Quickie | |
| Conair Firecat | |
| de Havilland Tiger Moth | C1178 |
| de Havilland Vampire | EEP42376 |
| Douglas DC-3 | |
| Fleet Finch | 542 |
| Fleet Canuck | 220 |
| Handley Page Hampden | P5436 |
| North American Harvard | 07-144 |
| Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | |
| Lockheed T-33 | |
| Mignet Pou-du-Ciel | |
| Nelson Dragonfly | 506 |
| 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 75 | 75 523 |
| Waco AQC-6 | 4646 |
| Waco INF | 3324 |
| Westland Lysander | 1194 |
Helicopters
| Plane | Serial |
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| Bensen B-8 | |
| Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw | 53-4414 |
| Struchen Ultralight |
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
See also
References
- ^ Niles, Russ (January 2009). "Snowfall Snaps Wing Off Rare Vintage Plane". Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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