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Sopwith Pup Replica
One of the Museum’s Pup aircraft, Betty/Phyllis, over the BC forest. The Sopwith Pup was a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good manoeuvrability, the aircraft…
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Vimy Flight
Don’t forget to check out the Vimy Flight website www.vimyflight.ca Vimy Flight The seven Vimy Flight aircraft have arrived at the Lille Airport in France via RCAF C-17 transport. The Pups are unloaded in France from the C-17 for transport to Lens airport… …followed by the Nieuports. Update from the Snowie family; The past few…
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Around the hangar…
Summer 2021. How do Museum volunteers pass their time in a summer with no airshows to attend? They keep busy with projects that get most attention in the gloomy winter days. For the Museum’s de Havilland Tiger Moth, it is a matter of a major upgrade to the electrical system to give it battery power…
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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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Around the hangar
Summer is a busy time for families to reconnect, but our dedicated group of volunteers still manage to keep projects on the front burner at the Museum. Here’s a sample; The Fleet Finch is readied for a flight. An excited passenger gives a ‘thumbs up’ before pilot, Bill and prop-swinger, Dave set the time machine…
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Father’s Day 2019 at the Museum
The glorious early summer weather continued for Father’s Day. The set-up crew arrived early and cleared aircraft out of the hangar then set up tables, chairs and games. Coffee pots and snacks were arranged. Museum aircraft were artistically arranged on the adjacent hangar taxiway. These were soon joined by more aircraft and classic vehicles from the…
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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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Spring Training Camp
As the Museum prepares for the summer flying season there are lots of activities going on under the glorious spring skies. Brenda has ordered the latest in aviation memorabilia for the summer. The engine for one of the Sopwith Pups is nearing completion from a strip and rebuild program by Ray, that will see both…
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Remembrance Day 2018
The Museum participated in flyovers in the Fraser Valley. The Fleet Finch is warmed up by pilot, Bill Findlay. The classic design with aKinner 5-cylinder radial engine and the wooden propeller are evident. The 1940 Finch moves out for the flight… …and soars into the sunny sky. The Museum’s Sopwith Pup also gets airborne for…
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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,…