The Canada Aviation and Space Museum (French: Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada) (formerly the Canada 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]
Not to be confused with Canadian Air and Space Museum.
Aviation museum in Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport.
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.
In 1982 the collection was renamed the National Aviation Museum and in 1988 the collection was moved to a new experimental type triangular hangar from the Second World War-era wooden hangars it had been residing in. In 2006 an additional hangar was opened, which allows all of the collection's aircraft to be stored indoors.
The museum closed 2 September 2008 for remodeling and rearrangement of 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 m2 (28,000ft²) 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 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 Ingenium, previously known as the Canadian Science and Technology Museums Corporation.[6] Ingenium is an autonomous Crown corporation which works to preserve and protect Canada's scientific and technical heritage. The corporation is responsible for three museums: the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the Canada Agriculture Museum and the 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 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.[7][8] 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.[8][9] While Endeavour's Canadarm, officially known as Canadarm 201,[7] was moved back to Canada, Atlantis's and Discovery's Canadarms went to the museums of their respective Shuttles.[10]
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
Aircraft type
Serial number
Registration/markings
Aerial Experiment Association Silver Dart (replica)[11]
"HISPANO HA–1112–M1L BUCHÓN". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"JUNKERS J.I". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"JUNKERS W 34F/FI". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"LOCKHEED F-104A STARFIGHTER". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"LOCKHEED L-12A ELECTRA JUNIOR". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"LOCKHEED L-1329 JETSTAR 6". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MAURICE FARMAN S.11 SHORTHORN". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation Powered by Image of the OpenText logo. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MCDONNELL CF-101B VOODOO". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CF-188B (CF-18B)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MCDOWALL MONOPLANE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MESSERSCHMITT BF 109F-4". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"MESSERSCHMITT Me 163B-1A KOMET". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NIEUPORT 12". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NIEUPORT 17". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NOORDUYN NORSEMAN VI". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD II (2532)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD II (3840)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD 4". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG IV". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"NORTH AMERICAN TB-25L MITCHELL 3PT". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Griffin, J. A./Smith, R. H./Castle, K. D., Canadian Military Aircraft. Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces. Serials and Photographs 1968–1998 Queen's Printer, 1969, page 213
"PIASECKI HUP-3". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"PITCAIRN-CIERVA PCA-2". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"PITTS SPECIAL S-2A (MODIFIED)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY B.E.2C". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"QUICKIE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SIKORSKY S-51 H-5 DRAGONFLY". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SIKORSKY S-55 HO4S-3". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SIKORSKY R-4B". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SOPWITH 2F.1 SHIP CAMEL". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SOPWITH 7F.1 SNIPE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SOPWITH PUP". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SOPWITH TRIPLANE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SPECTRUM BEAVER RX550". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"STEARMAN 4EM SENIOR SPEEDMAIL". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"STINSON SR RELIANT". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"STITTS SA-3A PLAYBOY". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.IIB". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE L.F. MK.IX". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.XVIE". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"TAYLORCRAFT BC-65". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"TAYLOR E-2 CUB". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"TRAVEL AIR 2000". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"WACO 10 (GXE)". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"WACO VKS-7F". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"WESTLAND LYSANDER III". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"WILLS WING XC-185". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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