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SE5A Replica
SE5A Replica Dan McGowan and “Gogi” Goguillot of Yarrow, B.C. designed this 7/8 scale replica of the famous World War 1 British Fighter built by the Royal Aircraft Factory. While changes had to be made to accommodate a full size pilot, and an alternate engine chosen when designing the scaled down version as an amateur…
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Out in the cold…
Recently, an event necessitated the removal of some of the fleet that were snugly housed in the hangar. Here they are with brave smiles on their faces, waiting for their turn to come inside again. The Waco AQC-6 in the chill December air. The SE5a keeps company with the Museum’s Harvard II on the rainy…
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Newsletter No. 21 June, 1983
Museum Newsletter CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION No. 21 June, 1983 ZENITH 5555 -See Page 4 President’s Report This has been a year of unprecedented growth for the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation. As Canada weathers its worst economic crisis in 50 years, the museum has managed to surge ahead, thanks to the…
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Chilliwack Flight Fest
Tucked away in the eastern end of the Fraser Valley is the progressive airport at Chilliwack. Just one runway to serve this community, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in enthusiasm. On the 21st of August the airport again presented its Flight Fest. A widely varying collection of aircraft – from…
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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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Abbotsford Airshow 2018
Friday was busy with setting up the sales booth and ferrying the aircraft to Abbotsford Airport. The three Museum aircraft participated in the flying displays on Saturday and Sunday. The Sopwith Camel sits near the Sales Booth. (Photo credit: Tania Ryan) Gift Shop Manager, Brenda, keeps up a smile regardless of the heat and dust…
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SE5A on display in Vancouver
The Museum’s SE5A is on display in downtown Vancouver. The aircraft was taken to the Westin Bayshore for the media grand opening of HJU:Z Lounge on Thursday, November 16th. The name is a phonetic representation of the surname Hughes, as in Howard Hughes, the eccentric tycoon and aviation pioneer who stayed in the landmark hotel for…
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The aircraft involved in the Vimy Remembrance are now back home
Through the generosity of the RCAF, the Museum aircraft involved at Vimy in April are now back in BC. A CC-130 flew the three dismantled aircraft back to Abbotsford Airport on 2 June. A team from the Museum – Directors, the Manager and volunteers – gathered to unload the aircraft and store them in a…
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Flypast at the Vimy Memorial
The Museum and Vimy Flight participated in a flight to remember the aircarft that participated in the opening of the Canadian National Vimy Monument in July 1936. The Vimy Monument as viewed from the Museum’s SE5A. Museum and Vimy Flight aircraft fly over the Vimy Monumentrecreating the flight at the opening of the Monument in…
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Museum crew in action at Vimy
Museum Team Lead, Ray, with Alisdair and Pup ‘Happy’.The colour scheme honours pilot, Lt-Cdr Lloyd Breadner, of Ontario. Museum pilot, Al, with technician Phil and the SE5A ‘Gogi’.The markings honour pilot, Captain Donald MacLaren, of Ottawa. Museum technicians, Jim and Sam, with Pup ‘Betty/Phyllis’.The colour scheme honours the pilot, Flt-Cdr Joseph Fall, of Vancouver Island.…