Western Canada Aviation Museum

Photo Credit: Dan McKay

The Western Canada Aviation Museum is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  It is the second largest aviation museum in Canada and is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Canada’s aviation history.  The collection is housed in an original Trans-Canada Air Lines (today operating as Air Canada) hanger dating from the 1930’s.

The Western Canada Aviation Museum has an enclosed observation deck where visitors can watch the air traffic on the runways, watch the landings and take offs, and listen to ground control instructions from the Tower to pilots. 

The Museum houses Canada’s first helicopter, the CL-84 Tilt-wing, a replica of the flying saucer called the Avrocar, as well as the most complete Vickers Viscount in the world.  Other specific display aircrafts are a CF-101 Voodoo fighter jet with training simulator, Canadair F-86 Sabre, Bellanca Aircruiser, and historic military jets, bushplanes and commercial aircraft.

The Museum also houses an exhibit on Canadian Women in Aviation, a Black Brant Rocket (built in Manitoba by Bristol Aerospace), and flight simulators. Children can take part in the Skyways Discovery Zone, an interactive discovery exhibit that demonstrates gravity and other aspects of flight.  There are engives to explore, cockpits to climb into, as well as an indoor runway perfect for paper airplanes.