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Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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The Canada Aviation and Space Museum (French: Muse de

l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada) (formerly the Canada Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aviation Museum and National Aeronautical Collection) is
Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is
located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe
Airport.[1]

Contents
1 History
2 Organization
3 Collection
3.1 Aircraft in collection Established 1964
4 Affiliations
5 See also Location Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the
6 References Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport.
7 Notes
Website aviation.technomuses.ca (http://www.a
8 Citations
9 Bibliography viation.technomuses.ca/)
10 External links

History
The museum was first formed in 1964 at RCAF Station Rockcliffe as the
National Aeronautical Collection from the amalgamation of three separate
existing collections. These included the National Aviation Museum at
Uplands, which concentrated on early aviation and bush flying; the Canadian
War Museum collection, which concentrated on military aircraft, and which
included many war trophies, some dating back to World War One, and the
RCAF Museum which focused on those aircraft operated by the Royal
Canadian Air Force.
Aerial view of the Canada Aviation
In 1982 the collection was renamed the National Aviation Museum and in
Museum as it was then known, on 5
1988 the collection was moved to a new experimental type triangular hangar
June 2005. The triangular structure is
from the Second World War-era wooden hangars it had been residing in. In
the main museum building. The
2006 an additional hangar was opened, which allows all of the collection's
rectangular white building to the left
aircraft to be stored indoors.
of it is the new museum storage
The museum closed 2 September 2008 for remodeling and rearrangement of building opened 14 April 2005.
the aircraft on display. This project was completed and the museum
reopened 19 November 2008. The changes made include making space for a new exhibition entitled Canadian
Wings: A Remarkable Century of Flight that was unveiled on 23 February 2009, the centennial of the first heavier
than air aircraft flight in Canada.[2][3]
In December 2008, the museum announced that approval had been granted
for a C$7M expansion to begin in May 2009 and to be completed by the fall
of 2010. The improvements carried out included an addition of 2600 m
(28,000 ft) giving 18% more space and providing room for a new foyer,
auditorium, cafeteria, retail space, a landscaped entrance and classrooms.[4]

In April 2010, the parent Canada Science and Technology Museum

Corporation announced that the museum would be expanded and that its
name would be changed to the "Canada Aviation and Space Museum" in
May 2010. The Canadian Press expressed concern that the name change
Nose section of Avro Arrow RL 206
would cause confusion with the existing Toronto-based Canadian Air and
Space Museum.[5]

Organization
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is under the control of the Canada
Museum of Science and Technology Museum Corporation, an autonomous
Crown corporation. The Canada Science and Technology Museum
Corporation's purpose is to preserve and protect Canada's scientific and
technical heritage. The Corporation is responsible for three museums:
Bensen B-8
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Canada Agriculture Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum

The museum is also home to 51 Canada Aviation Museum Squadron, Royal

Canadian Air Cadets.

Collection
The museum's collection contains a wide variety of civilian and military
aircraft, representing the history of Canadian aviation from the pioneer era Canadair CL-84 Dynavert prototype
before the First World War up to the present day. Particularly noteworthy is
the collection of vintage bushplanes from the 1920s to the 1940s. The
military aircraft represent aircraft flown by Canadians in the First World
War, Second World War, and the Cold War. The museum's best known
exhibit is the surviving components of the Avro Arrow interceptor from the
late 1950s.

Also at the museum is Space Shuttle Endeavour's Canadarm, the space

shuttles' Canadian-built robotic arm.[6][7] It was unveiled on 2 May 2013
with Chris Hadfield on hand from the International Space Station via video
screen to aid with the unveiling.[7][8] While Endeavour's Canadarm,
Bell CH-135 Twin Huey serial
officially known as Canadarm 201,[6] was moved back to Canada, Atlantis'
number 135114
and Discovery's Canadarms went to the museums of their respective
shuttles.[9]

Also on site are interactive activities on the science of flight, films, demonstrations, a boutique, and guided tours.
A few of the tours take the visitors "behind the scenes" to see conservation
and restoration work in progress, and components which are in storage.

Aircraft in collection

Fleet Canuck serial number 149, in

the museum's storage building

Aeronca C-2 CF-AOR, in the

museum's storage building

Zenair CH 300 Tri Zenith C-GOVK

used by Red Morris to make a record-
setting non-stop flight across Canada
in 1978. The aircraft is in the
museum's storage building
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
Aerial Experiment
Association Silver Dart 2 none
(replica)[10]
Aeronca C-2[11] 9 CF-AOR
AEG G.IV[12] unknown 574/18
Airspeed Consul[13] 4338 G-AIKR
Canada's first amateur-built aircraft,
Auster AOP.6[14] TAY221V/16652 VF582 Stitts SA-3A Playboy CF-RAD, in
Avro 504K[15] unknown G-CYCK the museum's storage building

Avro 504K[16] 2353 G-CYFG

Avro 616IVM Avian[17] R3/CN/314 CF-CDQ
Avro 652A Mk.V-P
MDF 329 RCAF 12518
Anson[18]
Avro 683X Lancaster Mk.X
unknown KB848
(nose only)
Avro 683X Lancaster
unknown KB944/NA-P
Mk.X[19]
Avro Canada CF-100 Mk.5 An original single-seat Rutan Quickie
657 CAF 100757
Canuck[20] powered by an Orion 18 hp (14 kW)
Avro Canada CF-100 Mk.5 industrial motor. This aircraft is in the
685 CAF 100785 museum's storage hangar.
Canuck[21]
Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner
unknown CF-EJD-X
(nose only)[22]
Avro Canada CF-105
Arrow (nose, outer wings 206, 203 RCAF 25206, 25203
and rudder)[23]
Bellanca CH-300
181 CF-ATN
Pacemaker[24]
Bell CH-135 Twin Huey[25] unknown CAF 135114
Bell HTL-6[26] 1387 RCN 1387 CH-113 Labrador helicopter in the
Bensen B-8 Gyroglider[27] unknown C-GSXV main wing of the museum

Bensen B-8MG
P-6174 C-GPJE
Gyrocopter[28]
Blriot XI[29] unknown none
Boeing 247D[30] 1699 CF-JRQ
Boeing CIM-10B
656 RCAF 60446
Bomarc[31]
Boeing Vertol CH-113
301 CAF 11301[33][34]
Labrador[32]
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
Morane-Borel
unknown none
monoplane[35]
Bristol Beaufighter
unknown RD867
T.F.X/TT.X[36]
Bristol 149 Bolingbroke
unknown RCAF 9892
Mk.IV.T[37]
Bristol F.2B Fighter[38] 67626 D7889 Taylor E-2 Cub showing its
Continental A-40 engine with the
Buzzman Buccaneer SX[39] 9112-SX-AA C-IDWT cylinders protruding through the
Canadair CL-4 North Star cowling.
122 RCAF 17515
Mk.1[40]
Canadair CL-13 Sabre
1245 RCAF 23455
Mk.6[41]
Canadair CL-13 Sabre
1441 RCAF 23651
Mk.6[42]
Canadair CL-30 CT-133
T-33-574 RCAF 21574
Silver Star Mk.3[43]
Canadair CL-28 CP-107
33 CAF 10742
Argus Mk.2[44]
Canadair CL-41 CT-114
1108 CAF 114108
Tutor[45]
Canadair CL-84-1
3 CX8402
Dynavert[46]
Canadair CL-219 CF-116A
1063 CAF 116763
(CF-5A)[47] Wills Wing XC-185 at the Canada
Canadair CL-604 Aviation and Space Museum
3991 C-GCGT
Challenger 604[48]
Canadian-Vickers Canso
CV423 RCAF 11087
A[49]
Cessna 150H 15068295 C-GAZG
Cessna Crane (T-50)[50] 2226 RCAF 8676
Consolidated Liberator 44-50154 c/n:
KN820
B.VIII[51] 5009
Curtiss HS-2L[52] 2901-H.2 G-CAAC
PW120 at Canada Aviation and Space
Curtiss JN.4C Canuck[53] unknown C227 Museum
Curtiss Hawk 87A-3 AL135
RCAF 1076
Kittyhawk Mk.Ia[54] c/n:18780
Curtiss Seagull[55] unknown none
Czerwiski-Shenstone
C-1 C-FZCS
Harbinger
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
de Havilland Canada DHC-
1B-2-S5 Chipmunk 208246 RCAF 12070
Mk.2[56]
de Havilland Canada DHC-
1 CF-FHB
2 Beaver I[57]
de Havilland Canada DHC-
370 CAF 1239408
3 Otter[58]
de Havilland Canada DHC-
1 CF-DHC-X
6 Twin Otter[59]
de Havilland Canada DHC-
1 C-GNBX
7 Dash 7[60]
de Havilland D.H.60X
630 G-CAUA UTIAS Snowbird ornithopter
Moth[61]
de Havilland D.H.80A Puss
2187 CF-PEI
Moth[62]
de Havilland D.H.82C2
DHC1052 RCAF 4861
Menasco Moth
de Havilland D.H.82C
DHC724 CF-FGL
Tiger Moth
de Havilland D.H.83C Fox
FM-28/2 CF-DJB
Moth[63]
de Havilland D.H.98B
unknown KB336
Mosquito Mk.XX[64]
de Havilland D.H.100
unknown TG372
Vampire Mk.I
de Havilland D.H.100
EEP 42392 RCAF 17074
Vampire Mk.3
Douglas DC-3C Dakota[65] 6261 C-FTDJ
Epervier Epervier X1 EP-01 C-FWMQ
Evans VP-1 Volksplane unknown C-GUPY
Fairchild 82A[66] 61 CF-AXL
Fairchild FC-2W2[67] 128 G-CART
Fairchild Cornell III[68] FC 239 RCAF 10738
Fairey Battle Mk.I.T[69] 61 R7384
F.7776 GAL
Fairey Firefly FR.I[70] F.8/12794
DK545

Fairey Swordfish Mk.III[71] unknown NS122/TH-M (fictitious)

Fleet Model 16B Finch
408 RCAF 4510
II[72]
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
Fleet Model 50 Freighter
202 CF-BXP
(in storage)[73]
Fleet Model 80 Canuck[74] 149 CF-EBE
Fokker D.VII[75] D.VII 3659 10347/18
Found FBA-2C[76] 4 CF-OZV
Fulton FA-3 Airphibian 1 N74154
Grumman CP-121
DHC-86 CAF 12187
Tracker[77]
Grumman Goose Mk.II[78] B 77 CF-MPG
Hawker Afghan Hind[79] 41H/82970 L7180
Hawker Hurricane
52019 RCAF 5584
Mk.XII[80]
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11[81] 41H/609977 RCN TG119
Hawker-Siddeley AV-8A
712127/49 158966
Harrier[82]
Heinkel He 162A-1[83] unknown 120086
Hispano HA-1112-M1L[84] 164 471-39/C.4K-114
Junkers J.I[85] 252 586/18
Junkers W.34F/Fi[86] 2718 CF-ATF
Lockheed F-104
183-1058 RCAF 12700
Starfighter[87]
Lockheed Model 10A
1112 CF-TCA
Electra[88]
Lockheed Model 12A
1219 CF-CCT
Electra Junior[89]
Lockheed Jetstar 6[90] 5018 C-FDTX
Maurice Farman M.F.11
1505 VH-UBC
Shorthorn[91]
McDonnell CF-101B
518 CAF 101025
Voodoo[92]
McDonnell Banshee[93] 174 RCN 126464
McDonnell-Douglas CF-
47 CAF 188901
188[94]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-
47021 CF-TLL
32[95]
McDowall Monoplane[96] none none
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-
10132 n/a
4[97]
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
Messerschmitt Me-163B-1a
191916 26
Komet[98]
Nieuport 12 A.2[99] N1504 N1504
Nieuport 17 C.1
unknown B1566
(replica)[100][N 1]
Noorduyn Norseman
136 RCAF 787
Mk.VI[101]
North American Harvard
66-2265 RCAF 2532
Mk.II[102]
North American Harvard
81-4107 RCAF 3840
Mk.II[103]
North American Harvard
CCF4-178 RCAF 20387
Mk.IV[104]
North American Mustang
122-39806 RCAF 9298
Mk.IV[105]
North American Mitchell 44-86699
RCAF 5244
Mk.III[106] c/n: 108-47453
Northrop Delta Mk.I/IA (in
CV 183[107] RCAF 673
storage)
Piasecki HUP-3[108] 52 RCN 51-16623
Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2
8 NC2524
Autogyro[109]
Pitts S-2A Special[110] 2059 C-FAMR
Royal Aircraft Factory
B & C 1042 RFC 5878
B.E.2c[111]
Rutan Quickie[112] 1001 C-GGLC
S.C.A.N. 30 (Grumman
28 CF-ODR
Widgeon)
Sikorsky HO3S-1
5118 RCN 9601
Dragonfly[113]
Sikorsky HO4S-3G[114] 555877 RCN 55877
Sikorsky R-4B
102 43-46565
Hoverfly[115]
Sopwith 2F.1 Camel[116] unknown N8156
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe[117] unknown E6938
Sopwith Pup (replica)[118] C552 B2167
Sopwith Triplane
ET-1 N5492/CF-CBM
(replica)[119]
SPAD S.VII C.1 103 B9913
 Serial
Aircraft type Registration/markings
number
Spectrum RX-550SB
SB2331 C-IGOW
Beaver[120]
Stearman 4EM Junior
4021 CF-AMB
Speedmail[121]
Stinson SR Reliant[122] 8717 CF-HAW
Stits SA-3A Playboy[123] 5501 C-FRAD
Supermarine Spitfire
CBAF 711 P8332
Mk.IIB[124]
Supermarine Spitfire LF
CBAF IX 2161 NH188
Mk.IX[125]
Supermarine Spitfire
CBAF IX 4424 TE214
Mk.XVIe[126]
Taylorcraft BC-65[127] 1409 CF-BPR
Taylor E-2 Cub[128] 289 C-GCGE
Travel Air 2000[129] 720 CF-AFG
Vickers Viscount 757[130] 270 CF-THI
Waco GXE[131] 1521 C-GAFD
Waco VKS-7[132] 6117 C-FLWL
Westland Lysander
1216 R9003
Mk.IIIA[133]
Wills Wing XC-185[134] unknown none
WSK LIM-2[135] 1 B 003-16 316
Zenair CH 300 Tri-
300 C-GOVK
Zenith[136]

Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.