Several one-of-a-kind aircraft – retrieved across Canada from mountainsides to the bottom of lakes – have been restored and curated to showcase the story of Canada’s rich and unique aviation heritage. More
Where else can you fly a plane, spot a flying saucer, take a trip to outer space and still be back in time for lunch? Skyways! Our children's gallery features interactive scanners, demonstrations, cockpits, wind tunnels, instrumentation and more. More
Kindergarten to Grade Six teachers! Our Take Flight program has ten modules to complement curriculum units of science, social studies, history, art and language arts. Our interpreters use the airplanes, artifacts and exhibits as teaching tools. More
We are proud to say that each year we raise or earn 90% of our operating expenses through our business and fundraising activities. Only 10% of our funding comes from public sources. We have ambitious plans for growth and your support counts.More
January 24, 2012 The Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg Airports Authority, and Exchange Income Corporation announced today plans for building infrastructure to forever connect Manitoba to its aviation roots, provide new connections with the North and a state of the art vision for the future. The joint announcement sees the creation of a new facility [...]
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Tommy Siers – The Man Who Solved the Cold Thomas (Tommy) Siers was born on May 13, 1896 in Yorkshire, England. He started his career overhauling and servicing aircraft with the Canadian Air Force in January 1922. After a brief stint with Huff-Daland Aero Corporation in Ogdensburg, NY, he returned to Canada to work for the [...]
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Original Article By Bruce Bowles Remember the by-gone days of frost shields on car windows? They were installed every fall and removed every spring and they were required by law for winter driving. Did you know that airplanes back in the 1940s and 50s also used frost shields on the cockpit windows? Cabin heat wasn’t [...]
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There was no obstacle more frustrating to early Canadian bush pilots than the cold weather. Each night, the oil was drained and both the oil and the engine were preheated the following morning before re-installing the oil. This was a time-consuming, laborious and at times hazardous job involving a gasoline “blow pot”. Though highly effective, they [...]
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We’re cleaning out our library and archives and have surplus magazine titles available. If you’d like to fill in missing issues, or catch up on a specific issue, here’s a list of our surplus. Magazines are $1.00/each for first 10 magazines and $.50/each for any over 10 (plus shipping and handling). If you’d like more [...]
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