The Hangar Flight Museum, formerly known as the Aero Space Museum of Calgary is a museum located south of

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in Calgary,

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History

The museum was founded in 1975 as the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary by aviation enthusiasts and former

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

pilots. It built upon the history of an earlier private collection called the Air Museum of Canada. The museum moved to its current location in a former British Commonwealth Air Training Plan hangar in 1985. A renovation was carried out in 2016 that included replacing the roof and installing a new HVAC system. That same year, the museum changed its name to The Hangar Flight Museum. Following a seven-year restoration, the museum's

Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...

returned in 2019.

Exhibits

The museum has an exhibit Canadian space programs as well as an archives containing documents about aeronautics. A central War memorial stone slab and four other memorial slabs were erected by the Aircrew Association (Southern Alberta Branch) and the Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary. The plaque name the commonwealth air forces who trained in Calgary as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War:

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...

(RCAF);

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

(RAF);

Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...

(RAAF); Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). In front of the slabs, a gravel mural of a Canadian roundel was painted. The Aero Space Museum Association of Calgary erected a list of honour memorial dedicated to the Alberta Airmen who were killed in the Second World War. The museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and

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Aircraft on display

Airplanes

AEA Silver Dart The ''Silver Dart'' (or ''Aerodrome #4'') was a derivative of an early aircraft built by a Canadian/U.S. team, which after many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, earlier in 1908, was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia. ...

– replica *

Aeronca 7AC Champion The Aeronca Model 7 Champion, commonly known as the "Champ", or "Airknocker",Bellanca Aircraft Corp, " d: "The Champ only $4,995"" ''Flying Annual & Pilots' Guide,'' 1971 ed., pp.36–37 iff-Davis NY is a single-engine light airplane with a ...

''7AC770'' * Avro Anson II ''Composite'' * Avro Lancaster X ''FM136'' * Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck IIID ''18126'' *

Barkley-Grow T8P-1 The Barkley-Grow T8P-1 was an airliner developed in the United States shortly before the Second World War. Although it saw limited production, the type was well-received as a bush plane in Canada. Design and development Typical for the era, the B ...

''8'' * Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM ''Q/E 92-074'' * Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard IV ''20273'' *

Cessna 140 The Cessna 120, 140, and 140A, are single-engine, two-seat, conventional landing gear (tailwheel), light general aviation aircraft that were first produced in 1946, immediately following the end of World War II. Production ended in 1951, and ...

''10825'' * Cessna Ag Wagon ''0007'' * de Havilland Tiger Moth ''3886'' * de Havilland Vampire F.3 ''17069'' * de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter ''2'' * Douglas DC-3 ''13448'' * Hawker Hurricane XII ''5389'' * McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo ''101021'' *

North American F-86A Sabre The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Sov ...

''47-606'' * QAC Quickie Q2 *

Sopwith Triplane The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiori ...

– replica * Taylorcraft Auster VII * Waco ECQ-6 ''4479''

Gliders

* Hall Cherokee II

Helicopters

Aérospatiale Alouette III The Aérospatiale Alouette III (, ''Lark''; company designations SA 316 and SA 319) is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by French aircraft company Sud Aviation. During its production life, it proved to be a relatively popular r ...

* Bell 47G *

Sikorsky S-51 The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327Fitzsimons, Bernard, (general editor). ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 20, ...

Sikorsky S-55 The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom ...

References

External links

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History of the Canadian Forces Museums 1919-2004
{{Canadian Aviation Museums Museums in Calgary Military and war museums in Canada Aerospace museums in Alberta 1975 establishments in Alberta Calgary International Airport