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Update: March 2015
Left: Firewall has been stripped for refinishing Right: Bruce and Roy cut some fabric doileys This is what remains of the original prop from the Moth. The new propeller has the same markings/specs as this one but was manufactured in May of 1942. The restoration team have located and purchased a Granby prop.…
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Update: September 2015
September 25, 2014 *MAJOR FUNDRAISER UPDATE* Metasoft Systems have made an incredibly generous donation of $10,000 to the restoration of the Tiger Moth! We can’t thank them enough and can guarantee these funds are going straight to work helping us to achieve our goal. On behalf of the Canadian Museum of Flight, its members and supporters, THANK…
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Update: October 2014
October 31, 2014 Happy Halloween! No tricks here, just treats! We wanted to share an update on our generous donors. Donations have come in the form of funds, support and services. $10,000 donations– Metasoft Systems Inc– Starline Windows (2001) Ltd– Anonymous We have also received donations of $1,000 or less totaling $3,396 In Kind Donations:Langley Aero…
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Update: November 2014
Wings, wings and more wings! We stopped by Les Burkholders place to drop off a new wing spar. I thought this would be a great chance to show everyone what incredible work he’s doing with our wings in his shop!Thanks for all your outstanding efforts, Les!
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Restoration Update for January 2015
An update from Museum volunteer, Bill Findlay: CMF volunteers Chris Northcott, Dave Beales, and Roy Demcheson are starting the process of recovering the Tiger Moth wings. Poly Brush is being applied to protective tapes and wooden components such as ribs and spars – basically anything that the fabric will come in contact with. Two of…
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Cub J3C-65 Restoration Fall 2022
Steady progress has been made over the summer months on covering the wings and flight controls with the special fabric covering. Flight control surfaces ready for painting and installation.Many thanks to Stewart Systems for their assistance. The left wing is ready for its coats of finish. Meanwhile, the right wing has been trial fitted to…
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Noorduyn Norseman
Noorduyn Norseman Robert B.C. Noorduyn worked as a designer at Fokker, Bellanca and Pitcairn-Cierva, before deciding to create his own design in 1934 – the Noorduyn Norseman. Along with colleague, Walter Clayton, Noorduyn created his original company, Noorduyn Aircraft Limited in early 1933 in Montreal. Noorduyn’s idea of a bush plane for the north had…
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Lockheed Lodestar
Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar First flown in 1939, the Model 18 was originally designed as a successor to the Lockheed Model 14 and the earlier Model 10 Electra. Most US airlines were by then committed to purchasing the Douglas DC-3, and Lockheed found the Lodestar difficult to sell at home. However, several overseas airlines from South…
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Fairchild Cornell
Fairchild PT-26B Cornell By 1941 the Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch basic trainers were becoming outdated and the RCAF needed a more advanced trainer. The RCAF decided on a development of the Fairchild PT-19 trainer design. The RCAF version featured an enclosed cockpit, an improved heating system and equipment changes along with a Ranger piston…
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DH 60 Gipsy Moth
de Havilland DH 60 Moth The Museum’s DH.60M Gipsy Moth CF-APA The first flight of the Cirrus powered prototype DH 60 Moth was carried out by Geoffrey de Havilland at the works airfield at Stag Lane in 1925. The Moth was a two-seat biplane of wooden construction, with a plywood covered fuselage and fabric covered…
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Dagling Glider
A Dagling glider in flight. This model has a wooden rear fuselage compared to themetal tube structure on the Museum’s example. Design and development Primary training gliders evolved as very simple, even crude, airframes sufficiently basic and strong to withstand the rough handling of inexperienced beginner pilots. They had just enough flying ability (and vices)…
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Cub J3C-65
Restoration Winter 2022 The complex curved structure ahead of the pilot compartment, known as the ‘boot cowl’ has been repaired/remade into a gleaming, streamlined form. The ‘boot cowl’ fitted to the fuselage. The metal fasteners are holdingthe sheet metal until the structure can be riveted in place. Work continues offsite at attaching the fabric…