The Montreal Aviation Museum (french: Musée de L'aviation de Montréal), formerly the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre (french: Centre canadien du patrimoine aéronautique), is an
aviation museum located in
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,
Quebec
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Canada
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History
The Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre was established in 1998 by Godfrey Pasmore.
The museum opened to the public in 2009.
The Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre changed its name to the Montreal Aviation Museum in 2016.
Collection
The museum collection includes the following aircraft:
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Blériot XI
The Blériot XI is a French aircraft of the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. This is one of the most fa ...
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Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk IV
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Fairchild FC-2
The Fairchild FC-1 and its derivatives were a family of light, single-engine, high-wing utility monoplanes produced in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The aircraft was originally designed to provide a camera platform for Sherman Fairch ...
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Fleet Canuck
The Fleet Model 80 Canuck is a Canadian light aircraft featuring two seats in side-by-side configuration. The Canuck was designed for the flight training, personal use and light commercial roles. A total of 225 Canucks were built by two manufactur ...
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Curtiss-Reid Rambler
The Reid Rambler, later known under the Curtiss-Reid brand after Reid was purchased by Curtiss, was a biplane trainer/sport aircraft built in Canada in the early 1930s and used in small numbers as a trainer aircraft by the Royal Canadian Air Forc ...
Projects under restoration
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Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk IV
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Noorduyn Norseman
The Noorduyn Norseman, also known as the C-64 Norseman, is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Distinctive stubby landing gear protrusions from the lower fuselage make it easily recognizable.
Intr ...
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Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
See also
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List of aviation museums
This is a list of aviation museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits throughout the world. The aviation museums are listed alphabetically by country and their article name.
Afghanistan
* OMAR Mine Museum, Kabul - inc ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Canadian Aviation Museums
Aerospace museums in Quebec
Museums in Montreal
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Museums established in 1998
1998 establishments in Quebec