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Fleet 80 Canuck
(Not available for viewing) The beginnings of the Fleet Model 80 Canuck go back to 1939, when J. Omer (Bob) Noury, an air engineer with the Ottawa Flying Club, decided to design and build a light aircraft for the Canadian market. The aircraft was a high-wing monoplane of conventional structure using a welded steel-tube fuselage…
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Chilliwack Flight Fest 2019
The Museum participated in the Flight Fest on August 25 with a sales team and aircraft display. The sales crew had an early start to get the Museum’s trailer, packed with material, on the road. Other volunteers took to the highway to support the effort. Sales at airshows are part of the constant effort to…
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Pitt Meadows Airport Day
June 1st was Pitt Meadows Airport Day and the Museum took three of its flying collection to the event. Flawless weather and a good crowd made the show a success for our staff and volunteers in the sales booth. As well, the three aircraft, the Waco Cabin biplane, the Fleet Canuck and the Sopwith Pup…
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Boundary Bay Airshow 2018
The annual airshow at Boundary Bay – to the southeast of Vancouver International Airport – was a great success. Not only was the weather excellent, but the participation by international organizations and the public was first class. The Museum flew three of its collection from Langley to the airshow – the 1940 Fleet Finch biplane,…
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Pitt Meadows Fly-in
On 2 June, 2018 the Museum participated in a fly-in at Pitt Meadows Airport. The Museum’s Sopwith Pup and Fleet Finch act as guardians to the CMF sales tent. The Museum’s Fleet Canuck returns to Pitt Meadows in the same coloursthat were worn by the Aero Club of BC’s training aircraft in the 1960s. Langley…
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Boundary Bay Airshow 2017
The Museum was, once again, a participant in the Boundary Bay Airshow. Two of its flying collection were included in the flypasts along with many other classic and modern aircraft. The newly restored Fleet Canuck was attending its first airshow, as was the new-build Sowith Pup replica. The grey skies and occasional sprinkle did not…
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Museum at Langley Aero Club Fly-in
The Museum was well represented by some of its classic aircraft on Saturday, 17 June at Langley Regional Airport. The Pup, after arriving from Abbotsford, joined its fellow flyers on display. The Sopwith Pup on display was joined by… …the newly-restored Fleet Canuck, and… …the 1930 Waco INF. The Museum aircraft were in the good…
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TechTalk: Fleet Finch and Canuck
The Museum’s Fleet Finch over the Fraser Valley(Photo: M. Luedey) Reuben Fleet was born on March 6, 1887, in Montesano, Washington. The Fleets were a prosperous family; his father was city engineer and county auditor for Montesano, and owned large tracts of land in the Washington Territory. Reuben grew up in Grays Harbor, Washington. At 15, Fleet…